[Coco] Lab South is Fine

[Ward Griffiths]

On 08/31/2005 05:21 pm, Tony Schountz wrote:
> Took a shot. Typhoid fever is endemic in central Europe and many
> people of that region have a mutation in the CFTR gene that renders
> them substantially resistant to TF if they have one copy of the
> mutant gene and one copy of the normal gene. Unfortunately, kids who
> get two mutant copies have cystic fibrosis. This is the same
> situation with the sickle cell allele and malaria.

Not impossible among my ancestors.  The Celts did migrate through central 
Europe once upon a time.  And I'm not that trusting about paternity reports 
in some generations -- my mother lied to me about the Easter Bunny, after 
all.  My three sisters gave me nephews and nieces with ancestors all across 
the planet and then eventually two brothers in law and more nieces and 
nephews.
-- 
Ward Griffiths    wdg3rd at comcast.net

Let's get real. According to the CBO's report, in the current fiscal 
year the U.S. government is gorging on some $2,142 billion of revenues, 
consisting of taxes, fees, charges, fines, and other species of 
extractions from the people's purses. This sum works out to 
approximately $7,500 for every man, woman, and child resident in this 
country, or $30,000 for a family of four average persons. Perhaps some 
of those people feel they are getting benefits worth at least this much. 
I myself don't have that feeling.   --  Robert Higgs