Recently added articles from Human Biology:
New Editorial Team
Oct 01, 2008; ... Wayne State University Press is pleased to announce the new editorial team for Human Biology. Evelyne Heyer has been chosen as the new Editor-in-Chief, Franz Manni as Executive Editor, and Guido Barbujani as Associate Editor. Their responsibilities and tasks will be largely overlapping. The new ...
Poisson Variations of the Sex Ratio at Birth in African Demographic Surveys
Oct 01, 2008; ... Abstract Variations of the sex ratio at birth (SRB) were investigated using maternity history data collected in demographic surveys conducted in sub-Saharan Africa. Thirty-three countries were covered, totaling about 2.0 million births. The average SRB was 1.034 and varied by ethnicity, ...
Alu Polymorphic Insertions Reveal Genetic Structure of North Indian Populations
Oct 01, 2008; ... Abstract The Indian subcontinent is characterized by the ancestral and cultural diversity of its people. Genetic input from several unique source populations and from the unique social architecture provided by the caste system has shaped the current genetic landscape of India. In the ...
Genetic Diversity of Serum Proteins in Some Muslim Populations of India
Oct 01, 2008; ... Abstract The Muslim population of India is known for its historical and socioreligious significance. Literature on the genetic structure of this segment of India's population is scanty. Therefore we have investigated the allele frequency distribution of haptoglobin (HP) and transferrin ...
Effects of Isolation and Inbreeding on Human Quantitative Traits: An Example of Biochemical Markers of Hemostasis and Inflammation
Oct 01, 2008; ... Abstract Isolation is a known force in evolutionary biology and one of the main factors in speciation. One of the main consequences of severe isolation is reduced mate choice, which results in the occurrence of inbreeding as a result of isolation. We investigated the effects of ...
Cranial Discrete Traits in a Byzantine Population and Eastern Mediterranean Population Movements
Oct 01, 2008; ... Abstract Since the beginning of the Holocene, the Anatolian region has been a crossroads for populations and civilizations from Europe, Asia, and the Near to Middle East, with increasing interactions since the Bronze Age. In this context, we examine cranial discrete traits from a ...
Mitochondrial Haplogroup U2d Phylogeny and Distribution
Oct 01, 2008; ... Abstract The sequencing of the entire mitochondrial DNA belonging to haplogroup U2d reveals that this clade is defined by four coding-region mutations at positions 1700, 4025, 11893, and 14926. Phylogenetic analysis suggests that western Eurasian haplogroup U2d appears to be a sister ...
Distribution of Hemoglobin Phenotypes in Four Different Districts of Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brazil
Oct 01, 2008; ... Abstract Hemoglobin profile studies have been carried out in four samples from different districts of Porto Velho (Rondônia State) in the western Amazonian region of Brazil: Candelária, Bate Estaca, Hemer on (at the State Blood Bank), and São Carlos. Samples from 337 unrelated ...
Haplotype and AGG Interspersion Analysis of FMR1 Alleles in a Croatian Population: No Founder Effect Detected in Patients with Fragile X Syndrome
Oct 01, 2008; ... Abstract Several studies have suggested that fragile X syndrome (FRAXA), the most common inherited form of mental retardation, originated from a limited number of founder chromosomes. The aim of this study is to assess the genetic origin of fragile X syndrome in a Croatian population. We ...