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Archaeology of NIDDM. Excavation of the "thrifty" genotype.
Diabetes - 1 Feb 1991
Wendorf M, Goldfine I D
Abstract excerpt
Since the 1940s, numerous cases of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) have been observed in certain American Indian populations. Extremely high prevalence rates of NIDDM occur most strikingly in several tribes of Paleo-Indians, whose ancestors migrated to North America greater than 11,000 yr ago. Archaeological evidence from that period indicates that certain groups of Paleo-Indians maintained an...
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