Comparison of two Venezuelan populations using the coefficient of relationship by isonymy.

abstract：:To determine the origin of sickle cell mutation in different ethnic groups living in southern Iran, we studied the haplotype background of the betaS and betaA genes in subjects from the provinces of Fars, Khuzestan, Bushehr, Hormozgan, and Kerman and from the islands of Khark and Qeshm. beta-globin gene cluster haplot...

journal_title：Human biology

authors： Rahimi Z,Merat A,Gerard N,Krishnamoorthy R,Nagel RL

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We carried out an exploratory historical biology study using temporally distinguished groups of predynastic-Early Dynastic male crania from the region of Upper Egypt. The objectives were, first, to determine the overall pattern of phenetic affinity between temporally sequential series and in relation to the earliest s...

journal_title：Human biology

authors： Keita SO,Boyce AJ

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The knowledge of a population structure may constitute a powerful tool for mapping genes underlying susceptibility to Mendelian and complex diseases. To obtain a better understanding of the population structure of São Miguel Island (Azorean Archipelago, Portugal), we carried out a surname survey using the surnames lis...

journal_title：Human biology

authors： Branco CC,Mota-Vieira L

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although scattered throughout a large geographic area, the members of the Pano linguistic group present strong ethnic, linguistic, and cultural homogeneity, a feature that causes them to be considered components of a same "Pano" tribe. Nevertheless, the genetic homogeneity between Pano villages has not yet been examin...

journal_title：Human biology

authors： Mendes-Junior CT,Simoes AL

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:I describe the developmental, metric, morphologic, and pathologic features of deciduous dentition in a terminal Late Archaic (c. 3000 B.P.) Native American population in Ohio. Development of deciduous dentition in this Late Archaic population is stable with little sequence variation. The pattern of development (ldc, l...

journal_title：Human biology

authors： Sciulli PW

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The radical improvement in living conditions experienced in Italy during the last century caused a reduction in male extra-mortality during the prereproductive years. As a consequence, a progressive increase in the sex ratio at the beginning of the reproductive age (15-19 years) occurred, so that in recent times the s...

journal_title：Human biology

authors： Ulizzi L,Astolfi P,Zonta LA

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is generally accepted that the relationship between human genes and language is very complex and multifaceted. This has its roots in the “regular” complexity governing the interplay among genes and between genes and environment for most phenotypes, but with the added layer of supraontogenetic and supra-individual p...

journal_title：Human biology

authors： Dediu D

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Given the same reproductive span, more children with shorter interbirth intervals and less parental attention per child should not do as well. There should be intermediate optima in family sizes, but only two studies have demonstrated optima. The goal here is to determine whether the relationship between fitness and f...

journal_title：Human biology

authors： Stevenson JC,Everson PM,Grimes M

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been a lack of agreement on the variation in and the correlates of menstrual cycle length in the literature. A total of 2566 women from rural and urban areas in one district of Tamil Nadu in southern India were studied prospectively to identify correlates of menstrual cycle length. Rural women had higher odd...

journal_title：Human biology

authors： Jeyaseelan L,Rao PS

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examine mortality and fertility patterns of aboriginal (primarily Evenki and Keto) and Russian (i.e., nonaboriginal) populations from the Baykit District of Central Siberia for the period 1982-1994. Mortality rates in the aboriginal population of Baykit are substantially greater than those observed in the Russians ...

journal_title：Human biology

authors： Leonard WR,Keenleyside A,Ivakine E

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial DNA haplotype studies have been useful in unraveling the origins of Native Americans. Such studies are based on restriction site and intergenic deletion/insertion polymorphisms, which define four main haplotype groups common to Asian and American populations. Several studies have characterized these line...

journal_title：Human biology

authors： Keyeux G,Rodas C,Gelvez N,Carter D

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The physiological role of human paraoxonase (PON), a serum enzyme that hydrolyzes organophosphate insecticides and nerve agents, is not clear. Of the three genes in the paraoxonase gene family, PON1 shows a polymorphism, Gln 192 --> Arg, governed by two common alleles named *Q and *R. These determine two different iso...

journal_title：Human biology

authors： Scacchi R,Corbo RM,Rickards O,De Stefano GF

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CYP2A6 is a polymorphic enzyme, and CYP2A6 genotype has been shown to be associated with smoking habits and lung cancer. We investigated CYP2A6 polymorphism in Japanese from four different geographic areas of Japan and in the Ovambo and Turk populations. Using two polymerase chain reaction restriction fragment length ...

journal_title：Human biology

authors： Takeshita H,Hieda Y,Fujihara J,Xue Y,Nakagami N,Takayama K,Imamura S,Kataoka K

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the global pattern of variation at two homologous microsatellites mapping to the long arm of the X chromosome (DXYS156X) and to the short arm of the Y chromosome (DXYS156Y) in humans. A single pair of oligonucleotide primers amplifies these two nonallelic loci, each of which contains polymorphism in the nu...

journal_title：Human biology

authors： Karafet T,de Knijff P,Wood E,Ragland J,Clark A,Hammer MF

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:"Pygmy populations" are recognized in several places over the world, especially in Western Africa and in Southeast Asia (Philippine "negritos," for instance). Broadly defined as "small-bodied Homo sapiens" (compared with neighboring populations), their origins and the nature of the processes involved in the maintenanc...

journal_title：Human biology

authors： Détroit F,Corny J,Dizon EZ,Mijares AS

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Buryat population consisting of seven tribal groups in eastern Mongolia has been screened to determine the frequency distribution of different apolipoprotein E and H alleles (APOE and APOH, genes) coding for common isoforms and their association with quantitative plasma lipid levels. Allele frequencies at the APOE l...

journal_title：Human biology

authors： Tsunoda K,Harihara S,Dashnyam B,Semjidmaa D,Yamaguchi Y,Tanabe Y,Sakai N,Sato A,Sato K

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To what extent can ethnic factors contribute to the prevalence of type 2 diabetes and impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) in an urban Brazilian population? Conversely, how can environmental factors such as diet change these prevalences in a given ethnic group, in this case Brazilian Indians? To answer these questions est...

journal_title：Human biology

authors： Palatnik M,da Silva Júnior WA,Estalote AC,de Oliveira JE,Milech A,Zago MA

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Craniofacial variation is investigated in Latin America and the Caribbean. The samples included in this study are two historic and one prehistoric sample from Ecuador; prehistoric and modern Cuban samples; a prehistoric Peruvian sample; two prehistoric Mexican samples and one contemporary admixed Mexican sample; a 16t...

journal_title：Human biology

authors： Ross AH,Ubelaker DH,Falsetti AB

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dermatoglyphic traits have been used to assess population affinities and structure. Here, we describe the digital patterns of four Eskimo populations from Alaska: two Yupik-speaking villages from St. Lawrence Island and two Inupik groups presently residing on mainland Alaska. For a broader evolutionary perspective, th...

journal_title：Human biology

authors： Crawford MH,Duggirala R

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recent workshop entitled "The Family Name as Socio-Cultural Feature and Genetic Metaphor: From Concepts to Methods" was held in Paris in December 2010, sponsored by the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and by the journal Human Biology. This workshop was intended to foster a debate on questions r...

journal_title：Human biology

authors： Darlu P,Bloothooft G,Boattini A,Brouwer L,Brouwer M,Brunet G,Chareille P,Cheshire J,Coates R,Dräger K,Desjardins B,Hanks P,Longley P,Mandemakers K,Mateos P,Pettener D,Useli A,Manni F

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HLA-DQB1*0302 allele frequency is increased in liver graft recipients with acute rejection. We investigated polymorphism in the upstream regulatory regions (URRs) of the DQB1 gene to determine whether polymorphism in the DQB1 promoter region influences liver graft acceptance. A combination of typing protocols based on...

journal_title：Human biology

authors： Muro M,Herrero N,Marin L,Torío A,Minguela A,Sánchez-Bueno F,García-Alonso AM,Alvarez-López MR

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed previously reported mtDNA haplogroup frequencies of 577 individuals and hypervariable segment 1 (HVS1) sequences of 265 individuals from Native American tribes in western North America to test hypotheses regarding the settlement of this region. These data were analyzed to determine whether Hokan and Penuti...

journal_title：Human biology

authors： Eshleman JA,Malhi RS,Johnson JR,Kaestle FA,Lorenz J,Smith DG

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship of body mass and body fat distribution to blood pressure has been recognized for many years. This relationship has formed the basis for much additional research, including the impact of growth and developmental factors on blood pressure levels. Blood pressure in children is related to somatic growth a...

journal_title：Human biology

authors： Gerber LM,Stern PM

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article deals with the problem of the causes of the variation of sex ratio (proportion male) at birth. This problem is common to a number of areas in biology and medicine, for example, obstetrics, neurology/psychiatry, parasitology, virology, oncology, and teratology. It is established that there are signifi cant...

journal_title：Human biology

authors： James WH

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The DNA profiles of two unrelated individuals can match (complete similarity) by chance alone. When the two individuals are related, the probability of a coincidental match is higher. Here, I deal with the probabilities of coincidental matches for both related and unrelated individuals. The derivation starts from firs...

journal_title：Human biology

authors： Li CC

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The joint distributions of phenotypes from the apolipoprotein E gene (APOE) and from a closely linked restriction site polymorphism at the apolipoprotein C1 locus (APOC1) were studied in population samples from Portugal and São Tomé e Príncipe (Gulf of Guinea), a former Portuguese colony that was originally populated ...

journal_title：Human biology

authors： Seixas S,Trovoada MJ,Rocha J

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the sex ratio (M/F) in representative populations of the main human ethnic groups, namely, US whites, US blacks, and Japanese. The data cover a period of over 50 years. For intra-ethnic comparison, we included analogous data on Italians. The populations studied show heterogeneous patterns: the US white and ...

journal_title：Human biology

authors： Ulizzi L,Zonta LA

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The monthly distribution of live births were analyzed over a 26-year period from 1945-70 for a rural Zapotec-speaking community in Oaxaca, Mexico. Monthly distributions of births were not what would be expected by chance (p.001). High monthly percentages of births coincided closely with the rainy season in the Oaxac...

journal_title：Human biology

authors： Malina RM,Himes JH

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have analyzed single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the XPC, XPA, and XPG genes of the nucleotide excision repair (NER) pathway in the Indian population. In the XPC gene we observed nine polymorphisms in the coding region, four polymorphisms in the intronic region, and two polymorphisms in the 5' untranslated r...

journal_title：Human biology

authors： Gowda S,Kumaran M,Suma BS,Rao MR

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The method of isonymy, developed by Crow and Mange for estimating inbreeding from surname frequencies, requires an assumption that has not been appreciated: It is necessary to assume that all males in some ancestral generation, the founding stock, had unique surnames. Because this assumption is seldom justified in rea...

journal_title：Human biology

authors： Rogers AR

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00