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Roberto Márquez

@rmp033

Assistant Prof at @VT_Biology.
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Blacksburg, VA. USA Joined May 2013
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Roberto Márquez @rmp033
"Neanderthal gene turns modern humans into muscle heads" -- @NewsfromScience sounding like the New York Post...
News from Science Verified account @NewsfromScience Aug 31
Scientists have identified a gene variant associated with human growth hormone that likely made Neanderthals stockier and burlier than modern humans.

What’s more, some people today have inherited that variant from a long-ago mixing between the two groups—and they tend to carry more lean muscle mass than those with the standard version of the gene.

Learn more: scim.ag/4iDmKEW
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