By Henry Stringer

THE FINNISH DISEASE HERITAGE AND OTHER GENETIC ISOLATES

Finland, Finland Finland, The country where I want to be, You’re so sadly neglected, And often ignored, Finland, Finland, Finland, Finland has it all. -Monty Python, “Finland” In modern society it is generally considered impolite to point out the intrinsic differences between ethnic groups; while it is true that people should be treated equally regardless of ethnicity in terms of employment, respect, rights etc, there are genetic differences between ethnicities that can provide invaluable medical information about disease processes. Throughout history there has been a vast amount of inter-ethnic mingling, this has made most genetic differences negligible at best however,…