Bantu and European Y-lineages in Sub-Saharan Africa.

abstract：:The human population is heterogeneous in genetic susceptibility, chromosomal instability and disease risk; all factors which depend on inherited genetic constitution and acquired nongenetic environmental and occupational factors. Recently, special attention has been directed to the identification of sources of potenti...

journal_title：Annals of human genetics

authors： Hoyos-Giraldo LS,Escobar-Hoyos LF,Reyes-Carvajal I,García JJ,Córdoba L,Gómez AS,García-Vallejo F,Cajas-Salazar N,Carvajal S,Bedoya G

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Typically genetic studies of continuous traits such as cholesterol levels or blood pressure assume that interindividual variability follows a normal distribution. Here we develop methods to analyze positively skewed data by assuming a lognormal distribution. We develop a variance components approach for identifying su...

journal_title：Annals of human genetics

authors： Wan Y,De Andrade M,Yu L,Cohen J,Amos CI

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inbreeding patterns over the past two centuries have been studied more extensively in Spain and Italy than anywhere else in Europe. Consanguinity studies in mainland Spain have shown that populations settled along the Cantabrian cornice share inbreeding patterns that distinguish them from other populations further sou...

journal_title：Annals of human genetics

authors： Calderón R,Aresti U,Ambrosio B,González-Martín A

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of the present study was to investigate inter-individual and age-dependent variation of global DNA methylation in human tissues. In this work, we examined 5-methyldeoxycytidine ((met)C) content by HPLC in human peripheral blood leukocytes obtained from 76 healthy individuals of ages varying from 4 to 94 years...

journal_title：Annals of human genetics

authors： Fuke C,Shimabukuro M,Petronis A,Sugimoto J,Oda T,Miura K,Miyazaki T,Ogura C,Okazaki Y,Jinno Y

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the impact of natural selection through stillbirth on the Italian population, taking into account the socio-economic heterogeneity of the country. The results suggest that older age at delivery and lower cultural level of the mothers, indicators of critical biological and socio-economic conditions, eve...

journal_title：Annals of human genetics

authors： Zonta LA,Astolfi P,Ulizzi L

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An immunological method for the detection of two thyroxine-binding plasma proteins, thyroxine-binding globulin (TBG) and thyroxine-binding prealbumin (TBPA), following polyacrylamide gel isoelectric focusing is described. Both proteins show complex electrophoretic patterns, attributable to post-translational glycosyla...

journal_title：Annals of human genetics

authors： Whitehouse DB,Hopkinson DA,Hill AV,Bowden DK

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Height and body mass index (BMI) have high heritability in most studies. High BMI and reduced height are well-recognized as important risk factors for a number of cardiovascular diseases. We investigated these phenotypes in African American families originally ascertained for studies of linkage with type 2 diabetes us...

journal_title：Annals of human genetics

authors： Sale MM,Freedman BI,Hicks PJ,Williams AH,Langefeld CD,Gallagher CJ,Bowden DW,Rich SS

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The segregation of human cytosolic alanine aminotransferase (AAT1) and the individual human chromosomes has been studied in 27 secondary and tertiary rat hepatoma-human (liver) fibroblast hybrids. The staining solution used to visualize AAT activity on starch gels was specific for AAT since it was visualized only when...

journal_title：Annals of human genetics

authors： Astrin KH,Arredondo-Vega FX,Desnick RJ,Smith M

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Further investigation of fumarase using lymphoblastoid cells derived from an individual of the FH 2--1 phenotype has confirmed that the mitochondrial (FHM) and soluble (FHS) forms of fumarase are determined at the same structural locus. 2. The FH 2--1 variant is associated with enzyme deficiency: c. 70% of normal i...

journal_title：Annals of human genetics

authors： Edwards YH,Hopkinson DA

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Except for subgroup A2 and minor A, O and B alleles (Ax, O2 and B(A)), which occur at low frequencies in the population, the major ABO alleles are considered to be homogeneous entities. The present study is the first demonstration of an extensive variability linked to the more common alleles of the blood A and O genes...

journal_title：Annals of human genetics

authors： Zago MA,Tavella MH,Simões BP,Franco RF,Guerreiro JF,Santos SB

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Uterine fibroids (UFs) are the most common benign neoplasms, but their pathogenesis is not completely understood. Thus far, alterations in the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) content and the mtDNA 4977-bp deletion level in UFs, as well as the corresponding nontumorous tissue, have remained elusive. To test whether large mtD...

journal_title：Annals of human genetics

authors： Luo Y,Zou Y,Wu J,Zhang ZY,Liu FY,Li LP,Huang OP

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Preeclampsia (PE) is a life-threatening complication of pregnancy that accounts for 12% of all maternal deaths worldwide. The aim of this study is to investigate the relationships between the polymorphisms of angiotensinogen (AGT) gene and preeclampsia. MATERIAL AND METHODS:In this study, 240 unrelated preec...

journal_title：Annals of human genetics

authors： Alaee E,Mirahmadi M,Ghasemi M,Kashani E,Attar M,Shahbazi M

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acromesomelic dysplasia Maroteaux type (AMDM) is an autosomal recessive skeletal disorder characterized by disproportionate short stature with shortening of the acromesomelic sections of the limbs. AMDM is caused by mutations in the NPR2 gene located on chromosome 9p21-p12. The gene encodes the natriuretic peptide rec...

journal_title：Annals of human genetics

authors： Irfanullah,Umair M,Khan S,Ahmad W

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Decreased function of the melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4R) was reported to cause late-onset obesity and insulin resistance in rodents. Thus mutations in the MC4R gene drew strong attention as a possible cause of obesity and diabetes. We screened for mutations in the MC4R gene in extremely obese [body mass index (BMI) > ...

journal_title：Annals of human genetics

authors： Ohshiro Y,Sanke T,Ueda K,Shimajiri Y,Nakagawa T,Tsunoda K,Nishi M,Sasaki H,Takasu N,Nanjo K

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripheral blood from six patients with Huntington's disease (HD) and six controls were cultured in three types of media known to produce fragile sites. A total of 3000 metaphases per group were scrutinized in a blind coded study. No significantly specific 'hot-spot' was found capable of differentiating between HD pat...

journal_title：Annals of human genetics

authors： Beverstock GC,Mol A,Wienhofer E

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genomic DNA-probe L2.30 was used to assign D2S1 to 2p23-pter by in situ hybridization. The RFLP revealed by BglII was then used for linkage studies in the Oslo-NHIK families segregating for the acid phosphatase ACP1 protein polymorphism. Evidence for very close linkage was found by a lod score of +17.17 at recombi...

journal_title：Annals of human genetics

authors： Lothe RA,Gedde-Dahl T,Olaisen B,Bakker E,Pearson P

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Details of placentation and zygosity are reported from a survey of 627 consecutive twin births at three hospitals in Northern Nigeria. Zygosity was determined by study of sex, red cell antigens (ABO, MNSs and Rh) and placental enzymes (PGM1, PGM2, PGM3 and Pep A). The proportion of DZ twins amongst the various ethnic ...

journal_title：Annals of human genetics

authors： Nylander PP,Corney G

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Statistical methods are developed for tracing quantitative measurements on human chromosomes from parents to offspring. Tests for transmission are briefly considered. ...

journal_title：Annals of human genetics

authors： Lauder IJ

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alpha2-HS glycoprotein (AHSG), which is equivalent to fetuin in other species, is a protein found in human plasma. AHSG is polymorphic with two common alleles and many variants. To examine the intragenic haplotypes and their diversity at this locus, a contiguous genomic DNA sequence (10.3 kb) was analyzed in 20 sample...

journal_title：Annals of human genetics

authors： Osawa M,Yuasa I,Kitano T,Henke J,Kaneko M,Udono T,Saitou N,Umetsu K

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital disorders of glycosylation (CDG) represent an expanding group of conditions that result from defects in protein and lipid glycosylation. Different subgroups of CDG display considerable clinical and genetic heterogeneity due to the highly complex nature of cellular glycosylation. This is further complicated ...

journal_title：Annals of human genetics

authors： Bastaki F,Bizzari S,Hamici S,Nair P,Mohamed M,Saif F,Malik EM,Al-Ali MT,Hamzeh AR

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Case-control studies are a powerful strategy to identify candidate genes in complex diseases. In admixed populations, association studies can be affected by population stratification, leading to spurious genetic associations. Ancestry informative markers (AIMs) can be used to minimise this effect. The aim of this work...

journal_title：Annals of human genetics

authors： Barbosa FB,Cagnin NF,Simioni M,Farias AA,Torres FR,Molck MC,Araujo TK,Gil-Da-Silva-Lopes VL,Donadi EA,Simões AL

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Determination of activity and electrophoretic mobility of GALT in patients with various chromosome 9 deletions and duplications confirms the assignment of its locus to 9p and suggests its locus is in the segment 9cen leads to p22. Two inversions of 9qh (inv(9)(p11q12)) did not alter GALT expression. ...

journal_title：Annals of human genetics

authors： Sparkes RS,Sparkes MC,Funderburk SJ,Moedjono S

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Variants in the UGT1A1 gene and its promoter are known to determine levels of unconjugated bilirubin (UCB), but do not explain all cases of unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia. To discover associations with variants in genes other than UGT1A1, we undertook a genome-wide association study. We recruited 200 participants to ...

journal_title：Annals of human genetics

authors： Datta S,Chowdhury A,Ghosh M,Das K,Jha P,Colah R,Mukerji M,Majumder PP

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Kell blood group locus (KEL) is tightly linked to the prolactin-inducible protein locus (PIP) with zeta = 9.12 at theta = 0.00 for combined paternal and maternal meioses. In view of the regional localization of PIP to 7q32-q36 (Myal et al. 1989a), a similar assignment for KEL is favoured. ...

journal_title：Annals of human genetics

authors： Zelinski T,Coghlan G,Myal Y,Shiu RP,Philipps S,White L,Lewis M

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome (KTS) is a congenital vascular disorder comprised of capillary, venous and lymphatic malformations associated with overgrowth of the affected tissues. In this study, we report the identification of a de novo supernumerary ring chromosome in a patient with mild mental retardation, long taperi...

journal_title：Annals of human genetics

authors： Timur AA,Sadgephour A,Graf M,Schwartz S,Libby ED,Driscoll DJ,Wang Q

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research suggests pulse pressure (PP) is a predictor of cardiovascular disease, and genes likely influence PP levels. Additionally, gender may be an effect modifier between PP and cardiovascular disease. This study addresses whether two renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) variants are associated with PP in a s...

journal_title：Annals of human genetics

authors： Lynch AI,Arnett DK,Davis BR,Boerwinkle E,Ford CE,Eckfeldt JH,Leiendecker-Foster C

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The marriages contracted between 1600 and 1850 in the parishes Vang and Slidre in the mountain valley of Valdres in Norway were investigated, using the information in the genealogical and local history of the parishes and in various public archives. The parishes functioned as a marriage isolate, in spite of regular co...

journal_title：Annals of human genetics

authors： Saugstad LF,Odegård O

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a Muslim Arab village, relatively isolated because of the preference of consanguineous marriages, we studied the fate of 12 mutations in 5 different genes. The study was based on carriers detected among relatives of affected patients and of carriers discovered in a random sample of 424 adults. Most of the mutations...

journal_title：Annals of human genetics

authors： Zlotogora J,Hujerat Y,Barges S,Shalev SA,Chakravarti A

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data on Turner Syndrome from four sources were analysed for possible associations with several aetiological factors. Two classes of liveborn propositae were included, those with a non-mosaic 45, X karyotype (XO) and those with an isochromosome of the long arm of the X (iso-X). The numbers were 288 and 84 respectively ...

journal_title：Annals of human genetics

authors： Carothers AD,Frackiewicz A,De Mey R,Collyer S,Polani PE,Osztovics M,Horváth K,Papp Z,May HM,Ferguson-Smith MA

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene MUC3 which codes for a mucin expressed in intestine (Gum et al. 1990) has previously been mapped, using somatic cell hybrids, to chromosome 7. We describe here the regional localization of MUC3 to chromosome 7q22 by in situ hybridization. Preliminary linkage analysis using CEPH (Centre d'Etude du Polymorphism...

journal_title：Annals of human genetics

authors： Fox MF,Lahbib F,Pratt W,Attwood J,Gum J,Kim Y,Swallow DM

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00