DNA

HI, THE LAST DAY I WAS READING A SCIENCE MAGAZINE (MUY INTERESANTE :P) AND I FOUND AN ARTICLE WHICH TALKED ABOUT GENETIC HISTORY. THE FACT IS THAT THERE IS A TEAM OF SCIENTISTS WHICH IS WORKING ON A PROJECT THAT WILL REVEAL THE GENETIC MAKE-UP OF THE BRITISH PEOPLE. APPARENTLY YHEY WILL TAKE BLOOD SAMPLES FROM THOUSENDS OF VOLUNTEERS FROM CRONWALL IN THE SOUTH TO THE SHETLAND ISLANDS IN THE NORTH, STUDY THE DNA PATTERNS FOR EACH REGION AND THEN COMPARE THE RESULTS.

THIS WAY THEY WILL NOT ONLY BE ABLE TO CREATE A GENETIC HISTORY OF BRITAIN, BUT WILL ALSO COLLECT IMPORTANT INFOTMATION REGARDING DISEASE PATTERNS AROUND THE COUNTRY.

THE SCIENTISTS WILL ONLY TAKE SAMPLES FROM VOLUNTEERS WHO LIVE IN THE RURAL AREAS AND WHOSE PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS ALSO LIVED IN THE SAME AREA. THIS IS BECAUSE CITIES ARE COMPOSED OF MIXED POPULATIONS WHO HAVE COME FROM A VARIETY OF AREAS AND THEREFORE THEIR DNA PATTERNS WOULD BE TOO MIXED UP FOR A TRUE GENETIC PICTURE TO BE FORMED.