Ethnicity may influence antibody genes: Immunity-related DNA sections could vary depending on ethnicity
Thursday, April 18, 2013 - 14:57
in Biology & Nature
Cracking the DNA code for a complex region of the human genome has helped scientists chart new territory in immunity research. They have discovered that a good number of our antibody genes and, potentially, what they fight off actually vary from person to person. After completely sequencing the immensely repetitive DNA in the human genome's immunoglobulin heavy-chain locus, they have also found ethnicity may influence immunity.