Evolution led to genetic variation that may affect diabetes, scientist says
Monday, February 7, 2011 - 16:32
in Biology & Nature
The root causes of complex diseases such as type-2 diabetes and obesity have been difficult to identify because the diseases are, well, complex. They occur at the dicey biological intersection of genes and environment, and, because they arose in our relatively recent past, it's not easy to simply compare DNA sequences from "then" and "now" to pinpoint likely genetic culprits.