Does vegetarianism select for alleles that increase inflammation?

Does long term exposure to a vegetarian diet select for alleles that may increase inflammation?  New data suggests yes. For an accessible account see this article in The Telegraph. The full article is available open access here  Kothapalli, Kumar SD, et al. “Positive selection on a regulatory insertion-deletion polymorphism in FADS2 influences apparent endogenous synthesis of arachidonic […]

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