Recently added articles from Human Biology:
Genetic Architecture of Knee Radiographic Joint Space in Healthy Young Adults
Feb 01, 2008; Duren, Dana L; Sherwood, Richard J; Czerwinski, Stefan A; Chumlea, William Cameron; Lee, Miryoung; Demerath, Ellen W; Sun, Shumei S; Siervogel, Roger M; Towne, Bradford ... Abstract Evidence of a significant genetic component to the age-related degenerative joint disease osteoarthritis has been established, but the nature of genetic influences on normal joint morphology in healthy individuals remains unclear. Following up on our previous findings on the ...
Correlations Between Live and Stillbirth Outcomes in Twin Pairs
Feb 01, 2008; Fellman, Johan; Eriksson, Aldur W ... Abstract A relationship has been proposed to exist between individual outcomes (live or stillbirth) of twins in the same set. Here, we analyze this association between live births and stillbirths among individuals in different twin pairs. When national birth registers are analyzed, ...
Autosomal Genome-Wide Linkage Analysis to Identify Loci for Gallbladder Wall Thickness in Mexican Americans
Feb 01, 2008; Samudrala, Narahari; Farook, Vidya S; Dodd, Gerald D; Puppala, Sobha; Schneider, Jennifer; Fowler, Sharon; Granato, Richard; Dyer, Thomas D; Arya, Rector; Almasy, Laura; Jenkinson, Christopher P; Diehl, Andrew K; Blangero, John; Duggirala, Ravindranath ... Abstract The significance of gallbladder wall thickness (GBWT) in regard to gallbladder disease (GBD) is not completely understood. Thickening of the gallbladder wall has been observed in patients with acute calculous and acalculous cholecystitis and chronic cholecystitis. However, ...
Do Surname Differences Mirror Dialect Variation?
Feb 01, 2008; Manni, Franz; Heeringa, Wilbert; Toupance, Bruno; Nerbonne, John ... Abstract Our focus in this paper is the analysis of surnames, which have been proven to be reliable genetic markers because in patrilineal systems they are transmitted along generations virtually unchanged, similarly to a genetic locus on the Y chromosome. We compare the distribution of ...
Low Birth Weight and Allergy: Possible Pleiotropic Effect of ACP1
Feb 01, 2008; Gloria-Bottini, Fulvia; Bottini, Nunzio; Magrini, Andrea; Renzetti, Gabriele; Martinoli, Roberta; Bergamaschi, Antonio; Bottini, Egidio ... Abstract The well-known relationship between low birth weight and allergies prompted us to investigate a possible pleiotropic effect of ACP1 on these conditions. ACP1 is a polymorphic enzyme that affects signal transduction of insulin and other growth factors, T-cell receptor signaling, ...
Variation of DAT1 VNTR Alleles and Genotypes Among Old Ethnic Groups in Mesopotamia to the Oxus Region
Feb 01, 2008; Banoei, Mohammad Mehdi; Chaleshtori, Morteza Hashemzadeh; Sanati, Mohammad Hossein; Shariati, Parvin; Houshmand, Massoud; Majidizadeh, Tayebeh; Soltani, Niloofar Jahangir; Golalipour, Massoud ... Abstract Variation of a VNTR in the DAT1 gene in seven ethnic groups of the Middle East was used to infer the history and affinities of these groups. The populations consisted of Assyrian, Jewish, Zoroastrian, Armenian, Turkmen, and Arab peoples of Iran, Iraq, and Kuwait. Three hundred ...
PCR-RFLP Genotyping of C1q Mutations and Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in Malaysian Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Feb 01, 2008; Chew, C H; Chua, K H; Lian, L H; Puah, S M; Tan, S Y ... Abstract Five types of known mutations within the C1q gene [located at C1qA-Gln186 (C > T), C1qB-Gly15 (G > A), C1qB-Arg150 (C > T), C1qC-Gly6 (G > A), and C1qC-Arg41 (C > T)] and two SNPs located at C1qA-Gly70 (G/A) and C1qC-Pro14 (T/C) were screened in a multiracial ...