Wednesday, 4 November 2015

immunology - Is there any evidence that immunity or resistance is heritable?


Is any means by which smallpox or any other disease be heritable?


I have heard that smallpox introduced by European colonialists affected (and reduced) a significant proportion of the native American population. How were the native Americans more susceptible to smallpox? Is disease susceptibility or immunity heritable?




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