Dr. Melissa Ilardo

So I don't know if it's just that the populations that I've worked with have some kind of genetic factors that override that change.

So I don't know if it's just that the populations that I've worked with have some kind of genetic factors that override that change. But yeah, open question, I would say.

So I don't know if it's just that the populations that I've worked with have some kind of genetic factors that override that change. But yeah, open question, I would say.

But yeah, open question, I would say.

The gene that we found that was evolving in the population correlates with higher than average thyroid hormone levels. So not like clinically hyperthyroid, but higher than average. And this is actually also true for Europeans who are carrying the same genetic variant. We showed in another group of individuals that if you have this gene variant,

The gene that we found that was evolving in the population correlates with higher than average thyroid hormone levels.

The gene that we found that was evolving in the population correlates with higher than average thyroid hormone levels. So not like clinically hyperthyroid, but higher than average. And this is actually also true for Europeans who are carrying the same genetic variant. We showed in another group of individuals that if you have this gene variant,

The gene that we found that was evolving in the population correlates with higher than average thyroid hormone levels. So not like clinically hyperthyroid, but higher than average. And this is actually also true for Europeans who are carrying the same genetic variant. We showed in another group of individuals that if you have this gene variant,

So not like clinically hyperthyroid, but higher than average.

And this is actually also true for Europeans who are carrying the same genetic variant.

We showed in another group of individuals that if you have this gene variant,

you have higher thyroid hormone levels and you have a larger spleen. So it's not just something that's true in the C-nomads.

you have higher thyroid hormone levels and you have a larger spleen.

you have higher thyroid hormone levels and you have a larger spleen. So it's not just something that's true in the C-nomads.

you have higher thyroid hormone levels and you have a larger spleen. So it's not just something that's true in the C-nomads.

So it's not just something that's true in the C-nomads.

And so what we think is going on potentially, and this relates to the work that we did with mice as well, is that because of these higher, I hesitate to say elevated because that's a clinical term, higher than average thyroid hormone levels, the mice, the humans, whoever it is, are producing more red blood cells.

And so what we think is going on potentially, and this relates to the work that we did with mice as well, is that because of these higher, I hesitate to say elevated because that's a clinical term, higher than average thyroid hormone levels, the mice, the humans, whoever it is, are producing more red blood cells.

And so what we think is going on potentially, and this relates to the work that we did with mice as well, is that because of these higher, I hesitate to say elevated because that's a clinical term, higher than average thyroid hormone levels, the mice, the humans, whoever it is, are producing more red blood cells.

And so what we think is going on potentially, and this relates to the work that we did with mice as well, is that because of these higher, I hesitate to say elevated because that's a clinical term, higher than average thyroid hormone levels, the mice, the humans, whoever it is, are producing more red blood cells.