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Asian flush by ethnicity: Filipinos, Koreans, Chinese, and who's most affected

Asian flush by ethnicity: Filipinos, Koreans, Chinese, and who's most affected

Asian flush by ethnicity: Filipinos, Koreans, Chinese, and who's most affected

Somewhere between 2,000 and 3,000 years ago, in the rice-growing heartlands of central China, a single genetic mutation appeared: ALDH2*2. It spr...

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