tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9221984976832050207.post9170431845113781949..comments2024-02-21T01:07:11.489-05:00Comments on Anthro Doula: Racism and Birth WeightEmilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02738440647498422230noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9221984976832050207.post-62667660220838686212011-01-06T11:19:17.982-05:002011-01-06T11:19:17.982-05:00Its not about Genetics.
Birth weight distribution...Its not about Genetics. <br />Birth weight distribution of African-born blacks is more closely related to US-born whites than to US-born blacks.Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02738440647498422230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9221984976832050207.post-51366902366339360582011-01-05T22:40:05.898-05:002011-01-05T22:40:05.898-05:00It's funny that as soon as we made one of the ...It's funny that as soon as we made one of the most major scientific discoveries ever, genes, we pretend they don't exist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9221984976832050207.post-54405736698599272552011-01-05T18:03:23.850-05:002011-01-05T18:03:23.850-05:00Nice of you to jump to the 'racism' conclu...Nice of you to jump to the 'racism' conclusion. More likely it's race. West SubSaharan Africans, for example, have a higher frequency (80%:30%) of the low-birth weight risk allele GNB3 relative to Europeans. As low birth-weight is a risk factor for lower IQ, perhaps that accounts for some of that gap too.Chucknoreply@blogger.com