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98% of Korean people carry a mutation in the ABCC11 gene that makes body smell nearly undetectable, and 99% have dry, flaky earwax. In contrast, 97% of Europeans and Africans have strong body odor and wet earwax. A single gene variant produces both differences simultaneously.
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