• Bordered on the north by Honduras , on the south by Costa Rica , on the east by the Caribbean Sea , and on the west by the Pacific Ocean , Nicaragua is Central America 's largest nation. (encyclopedia.com)
  • The 3,000-square-mile Lake Nicaragua is the largest lake in Central America , and because it was once part of the Pacific Ocean , it is the only place in the world where freshwater sharks, swordfish, and sea horses live. (encyclopedia.com)
  • The Gar í funa, known historically as the "Black Karibs," are the descendants of escaped African slaves and Karib Indians who intermarried on the island of St. Vincent, where they lived until the British transported them forcibly to the Caribbean coast of Central America in 1796. (encyclopedia.com)
  • The bones at El Bosque are among the oldest known evidence of a prehistoric human presence in Central America. (encyclopedia.com)
  • An alternative proposed scenario involves migration, either on foot or using boats, down the Pacific coast to South America. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Sumu and Rama are indigenous people who probably originated in South America . (encyclopedia.com)
  • The term "indigenous" refers to people who not only have ancestors who came from Central or South America but who self-consciously identify themselves with a specific indigenous group or tribe, speak the language, and practice the customs of that group. (encyclopedia.com)
  • Within hemoglobinopathies, sickle cell disease is the most common and is mainly widespread in sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, India and among people of African descent living in Europe and North, Central and South America 4 4 Cataldo F. Immigration and changes in the epidemiology of hemoglobin disorders in Italy: an emerging public health burden. (scielo.br)
  • They were one of the Arawak peoples of South America, and the Taíno language was a member of the Arawakan language family of northern South America. (vazenterprises.com)
  • The Taíno were historically enemies of the neighboring Carib tribes, another group with origins in South America, who lived principally in the Lesser Antilles. (vazenterprises.com)
  • For much of the 15th century, the Taíno tribe was being driven to the northeast in the Caribbean (out of what is now South America) because of raids by the Carib. (vazenterprises.com)
  • The Arawakan language family is made up of languages that were present throughout the Caribbean, and much of Central and South America. (vazenterprises.com)
  • Asians differ from each other in culture, genetic ancestry, and environmental exposures, all factors that can influence cardiovascular risk. (palsforhealth.com)
  • Aside from archeological and geological evidence, there are also some genetic similarities between Asians and indigenous Americans that support the idea of the Asian origin of indigenous American peoples. (encyclopedia.com)
  • In the United States, white and black women have a higher risk for developing breast cancer than American Indians, Asians, Pacific Islanders, and Hispanics. (xcode.life)
  • The primary goal of this topic is to develop new, commercially available models relevant to diverse racial/ethnic populations including American Indians, Alaska Natives, Asians, African Americans, Pacific Islanders, and Hispanic/Latinos. (sbir.gov)
  • After discarding 23,572 records, mostly because they could not be combined with other ethnic or geographic groups, reference equations were derived for healthy individuals aged 3-95 yrs for Caucasians (n=57,395), African-Americans (n=3,545), and North (n=4,992) and South East Asians (n=8,255). (ersjournals.com)
  • Jan. 14, 2022: Employment status and housing insecurity was associated with COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and resistance among African Americans in the southern U.S. (nih.gov)
  • Molecular disparities in colorectal cancers of White Americans, Alabama African Americans, and Oklahoma American Indians. (cdc.gov)
  • The causes of these CHDs are multifactorial, including differences in access to health care, diet and lifestyle, cultural barriers, environmental exposures, and ancestry-related factors. (sbir.gov)
  • Additional data from the Indian subcontinent and Arabic, Polynesian and Latin American countries, as well as Africa will further improve these equations in the future. (ersjournals.com)
  • Half of the genetic lineages of human inhabitants of Madagascar come from 4500 miles away in Borneo, while the other half derive from East Africa, according to a study published in May by a UK team. (mongabay.com)
  • The island of Madagascar, the largest in the Indian Ocean, lies some 250 miles (400 km) from Africa and 4000 miles (6400 km) from Indonesia. (mongabay.com)
  • The new findings, published in the American Journal of Human Genetics, show that the human inhabitants of Madagascar are similarly unique - amazingly, half of their genetic lineages derive from settlers from the region of Borneo, with the other half from East Africa. (mongabay.com)
  • It is important to realise that these lineages have intermingled over intervening centuries since settlement, so modern Malagasy have ancestry in both Indonesia and Africa. (mongabay.com)
  • Most reasonable people will probably accede to the clear overwhelming descent of South Asian Muslims from the native people of the Indian subcontinent , but the genetics clinches that. (sepiamutiny.com)
  • Genetic variation reveals migrations into the Indian subcontinent and its influence on the Indian society. (blogspot.com)
  • In Asia everyone but the Mongolians, the central Asian steppe peoples, and the inhabitants of the Indian subcontinent are entirely intolerant of lactose and dairy. (agentnateur.com)
  • Americans, American Indians and Alaska Natives, Asian Americans and Pacific Island- ers, and Hispanics -- patterns of tobacco use, adverse health effects, and the effective- ness of interventions need to be understood in terms of tobacco's cultural and socio- economic effects on the members of these groups. (cdc.gov)
  • At least two morphologically different Paleo-Indian populations were coexisting in different geographical areas of Mexico 10,000 years ago. (wikipedia.org)
  • Scientific evidence links Indigenous Americans to eastern Siberian populations. (wikipedia.org)
  • Indigenous peoples of the Americas have been linked to Siberian populations by the distribution of blood types, and genetic composition as indicated by molecular data, such as DNA. (wikipedia.org)
  • Y-chromosomal sequencing and screening reveal both stability and migrations in North Eurasian populations. (blogspot.com)
  • Establishing these novel models may influence CHD research in multiple ways including 1) benefiting investigators in this largely underexplored area of research, 2) improving the quality and acceptance of CHD research data, and 3) improving validation and commercialization of cancer therapeutics relevant to diverse patient populations. (sbir.gov)
  • They tested how similar the Malagasy were to populations around the Indian Ocean. (mongabay.com)
  • Similarly, Y-chromosome DNA tests can identify the specific haplogroups that correspond with particular populations worldwide but cannot confirm a person's ancestry from any exact location. (blebur.com)
  • So for my inaugural Admixture Centrifuge series, this allowed me the perfect opportunity to examine how the Cherokee's Native American component breaks down on ethnicity admixture calculators. (rootsandrecombinantdna.com)
  • I also wanted to know if my client's admixture results could tell us anything about the Cherokee's ancient origins vis a vis did they migrate from Great Lakes region of US/Canada or had they been in the American Southeast for millenniums? (rootsandrecombinantdna.com)
  • However since claiming Cherokee roots is so controversial I decided to preface my client's analysis with brief genealogical records of his claim but this blog focuses more on genetic admixture. (rootsandrecombinantdna.com)
  • These results indicate that admixture must be considered when clinical epidemiology or case control genetic analyses are studied in this population. (blogspot.com)
  • and 4) patients who did not parasite genetic factors or differences in exposure rate ( 5 , 6 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Factors influencing genetic screening enrollment among a diverse, community-ascertained cohort. (cdc.gov)
  • Many environmental factors alongside biology influence a person's personality. (bartleby.com)
  • Observed studies have shown that those with diabetes typically suffer from more than genetic factors. (klinio.com)
  • Other factors, including environmental, diet, and lifestyle factors , are the major triggers of the condition in people with a genetic vulnerability. (klinio.com)
  • Several risk factors have to be present in a person with a genetic predisposition to the disease for them to have diabetes. (klinio.com)
  • Most people who develop diabetes, especially type 2 diabetes , are affected by genetic and lifestyle factors. (klinio.com)
  • The trend-which is of clinical relevance-outlines how much behavioral factors increase the risk of diabetes in people who already have a genetic predisposition. (klinio.com)
  • The T2DM is a genetically heterogeneous disease, with several relatively rare monogenic forms and a number of more common forms resulting from a complex interaction of genetic and environmental factors. (scialert.net)
  • T2DM is a complex trait where common genetic variants having modest individual effects act together and interact with environmental factors to modulate the risk of the disease. (scialert.net)
  • This review summarizes the major pathological factors linking obesity to diabetes, focussing on current epidemiological data related to obese diabetic patients in the Arab world, the etiology of the disease and the genetic determinants of diabetes and obesity. (who.int)
  • In addition, we wanted to see how these factors are influenced by parental and peer attachment. (blebur.com)
  • Since dawn of humanity, man seeks through different ways to determine factors involved in his development, as well as sex, age, height, ancestry and in vivo or post-mortem individual characteristics. (bvsalud.org)
  • Studies on polymorphisms found in one cluster of closely-located genes coding for fatty acid desaturases (FADS), enzymes that play an important role in the biosynthesis of both omega-6 and omega-3 LCPUFA, are providing an interesting perspective on the interaction between traditional diets and the population genetic history of humans. (fatsoflife.com)
  • This genetic variant, termed an indel (insertion/deletion mutation), was found to influence the regulation of the expression levels of both FADS-1 and FADS-2 in a cellular system, with the minor allele in Japanese people being associated with lower expression of the FADS-1 and FADS-2 genes. (fatsoflife.com)
  • One point I make is that since the Book of Mormon allows for and implies the presence of many others in the land when Lehi's small boat load of people landed in the Americas, we need not expect that genes from Lehi and Sariah should dominate the genetic makeup of Native Americans. (jefflindsay.com)
  • How Genes Influence Breast and Ovarian Cancer Risk? (xcode.life)
  • The DNA Blog » BRCA and Breast Cancer » Cancer Predisposition » How Genes Influence Breast and Ovarian Cancer Risk? (xcode.life)
  • Genetic changes in either of these genes result in a breast cancer risk of 60-85% and an ovarian cancer risk of 15-40% . (xcode.life)
  • "Compromise" here doesn't mean that people having a genetic diabetes risk have bad or non-sustainable genes. (klinio.com)
  • Earlier studies using a candidate gene approach, family linkage studies and gene expression profiling uncovered a number of T2DM genes, but the genetic basis of common T2DM remained unknown. (scialert.net)
  • Mutations in some genes cause rare forms of T2DM, giving additional support for the genetic roles in the aetiology of the disease. (scialert.net)
  • Both science and the world of natural medicine is now trying to dig a bit deeper into nutritional genomics and how ancestry built certain genes to either protect or harm depending on centuries worth of exposure, adaptation to environment, and food. (agentnateur.com)
  • A person's planetary origins influence skin response to topical therapy and can also influence healing time after various procedures. (lancerskincare.com)
  • Because they test only a sample from each person's mitochondrial (mtDNA) or paternal chromosome, they can only provide information about one's maternal or paternal ancestry. (blebur.com)
  • Furthermore, the genetic data reveal only a tiny percentage of a person's ancestry, making it difficult to distinguish between different origins within the Americas. (blebur.com)
  • The primary data source for US prevalence rates of dyslipidemia is the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey which has very limited data from Asian-Americans. (palsforhealth.com)
  • An NIMHD-supported study aimed to understand the impact of socioeconomic deprivation and genetic ancestry on T2D prevalence. (nih.gov)
  • The genetic component of T2DM comes from ethnic group differences in prevalence rates. (scialert.net)
  • These differences in prevalence range from 1% in Mapuche Indian tribes or Chinese population living in rural areas in mainland China, to extremely high levels found in Nauru and Pima Indians in Arizona ( King and Rewers, 1993 ). (scialert.net)
  • However, animal or mainly attributed to the accumulation ing prevalence of uncontrolled weight genetic studies, studies not relevant of intra-abdominal (visceral) fat ( 13 ). (who.int)
  • The aim of this review was to discuss the current understanding of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) genetic advance and aetiology. (scialert.net)
  • Thind was an Asian Indian, which was scientifically categorized by anthropologists as Caucasian instead of Mongolian. (bartleby.com)
  • It appears to have been a region occupied by European men with Cherokee, wives or mixed bloods, who were predominantly Caucasian in ancestry. (accessgenealogy.com)
  • Conventional estimates have it that humans reached North America at some point between 15,000 and 20,000 years ago. (wikipedia.org)
  • In conclusion, our comparative skin transcriptome analysis of Changthangi and Muzzafarnagri sheep sheds light on the genetic differences associated with distinct phenotypic traits and environmental adaptability, offering valuable insights into the underlying mechanisms. (bvsalud.org)
  • Jan. 3, 2022: Differences found in alcohol consumption and cigarette smoking behaviors in Black/African American and White individuals point to further study needs. (nih.gov)
  • We suggest that differences in the association between iris pigmentation and AMD in different studies using different research methods may reflect genetic difference in the groups being studied. (nih.gov)
  • The appearance of genetic polymorphisms, i.e. differences in the DNA nucleotide sequence between individuals, contributes to the opportunity for functional adaptation to specific environments that organisms may encounter. (fatsoflife.com)
  • AbstractAimComparing genetic structure in species with shared spatial ranges and ecological niches can help identify how dissimilar aspects of biology can shape differences in population connectivity. (exeter.ac.uk)
  • Risk of developing diseases is thought to be caused by genetic susceptibility differences among ancestry to the effect of the modern Western diet in the cause of insulin resistance. (agentnateur.com)
  • In addition to constituting fascinating signatures of the population genetic history, diverse types of genetic variance are also of importance to human health and chronic disease susceptibility. (fatsoflife.com)
  • No prior knowledge of gene or gene effects is necessary, but the genetic locus must have sufficient impact on the disease susceptibility to be detectable. (scialert.net)
  • On the historical time scales that I'll be addressing our ancestors were considered Indians ("Hindus") by the rest of the world, and this seems a time where this clarity of terminology should trump contemporary geopolitical valences. (sepiamutiny.com)
  • But even if the peoples mentioned in the Book of Mormon were the sole ancestors the Native Americans, just exactly what DNA haplotypes should we expect to find? (jefflindsay.com)
  • My mother is African-American but we have a mix of European and a lot of mulatto ancestors. (rootsandrecombinantdna.com)
  • 3 The question scientists are asking is: "Who are the ancestors of the American Indians? (irr.org)
  • As of March 2006, 8,223 American Indians have been DNA tested in scientific experiments aimed at discovering where their founding ancestors came from. (irr.org)
  • Most LDS adherents believe, and all the LDS prophets have taught, that Israelites are the principal ancestors of the American Indians. (irr.org)
  • Conversely, people of mixed ancestry should show the benefits of concealing recessive mutations. (discovermagazine.com)
  • It just means that women with these genetic mutations are at a higher risk of developing breast and ovarian cancer. (xcode.life)
  • The American diet high in animal fat, processed foods and refined sugars all showed highest in disease, genetic disorders, MTHFR mutations and cancers in most all studies done. (agentnateur.com)
  • The Book of Mormon does not indicate what the genetic makeup of the settlers was, and does not say that all or even most of the settlers had Jewish ancestry. (jefflindsay.com)
  • Webmaster's note: There is no reason why many others could not have fled, and we later find many Jaredite names still cropping up in later Book of Mormon times, showing that Jaredite influence survived. (jefflindsay.com)
  • Note that modern archaeology finds that there were in North America two distinct cultures: one preceding the other, being replaced a couple of centuries before the time of Christ, exactly as the Book of Mormon says. (jefflindsay.com)
  • For 175 years the leaders and general membership of the Mormon Church have believed American Indians and Polynesians are descended from Israelites based on their understanding of the Book of Mormon. (irr.org)
  • I am, for example, kind of tired of listening to brown people talk about their non-Indian ancestry, whether it be Syrian Christians who claim Jewish antecedents, Jatts who claim Scythian antecedents, or Muslims who claim Arab, Turk, or Persian origins. (sepiamutiny.com)
  • Over many generations, the selection of beneficial traits associated with particular polymorphisms can lead to gradual changes in the frequency of specific genetic polymorphisms in a genetically-isolated population. (fatsoflife.com)
  • Many thousands of years after the first people arrived in North America between 5000 and 2000 b.c., the Mayan empire first began to develop along the Caribbean coast, and eventually its influence spread through a network of city-states that stretched from present-day southern Mexico into Honduras, just north of Nicaragua. (encyclopedia.com)
  • Warren spoke to Congressional committees on the subject of finance for Americans, a subject that has been covered in a number of publications, including The Fragile Middle Class: Americans in Debt (2000), and The Two Income Trap: (2003). (themumbaicity.com)
  • Over 1 / 4 of Hispanic/Latino Americans determine as "another race. (mynewsfit.com)
  • 66] A significant share of the Hispanic and Latino population self-identifies as Mestizo, particularly the Mexican and Central American community. (mynewsfit.com)
  • Of all Americans who checked the box "Some Other Race", ninety seven % have been Hispanic. (mynewsfit.com)
  • Coccidioidomycosis incidence was approximately four times higher for non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native (AI/AN) persons (17.3 per 100,000 population) and almost three times higher for Hispanic or Latino persons (11.2) compared with non-Hispanic White (White) persons (4.1). (cdc.gov)
  • Summarily, it's somewhat difficult for a person without any genetic predisposition for diabetes to develop the condition. (klinio.com)
  • Two broad approaches have been used to define the genetic predisposition of T2DM. (scialert.net)
  • Second, I do know that finding ancestry from various groups can change how people view themselves. (sepiamutiny.com)
  • Mestizos - people of mixed Spanish-indigenous ancestry - make up about 77 percent of Nicaragua's population. (encyclopedia.com)
  • However, the majority of people just can't find that connection to the Cherokee or any other tribe (and you can read my blog Native American Is Not That Into You to explore reasons why). (rootsandrecombinantdna.com)
  • In this poster he underlines the fact that the Yamnaya people from the North Caspian region did not totally vacate their homeland nor moved en masse to Western Europe, but actually left most of their descendants in the North Caspian. (blogspot.com)
  • OK Oleg, but almost all modern day Europeans, especially those from across Northern and Eastern Europe, do derive a lot of their ancestry from Bronze Age steppe groups closely related to the Yamnaya people of the North Caspian. (blogspot.com)
  • Many studies back the stance that diabetes is genetic, with people who already have affected family members having a higher risk of getting it. (klinio.com)
  • To acknowledge all the indigenous people who have trusted me, shared deep conversation with me and influenced my understanding of what it means to be a healer and what exactly is the scope of my work. (dailygood.org)
  • On view at the museum's George Gustav Heye Center in New York City, the show explores the legacy of the indigenous peoples of the Caribbean (known as the Taíno people) and how this Native culture, which stems from the Arawak-speaking people of Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Haiti and the Dominican Republic, has persevered and grown in influence-despite a mistaken belief that it is extinct. (smithsonianmag.com)
  • Today, it has been embraced by people of Native ancestry as a term that unites a wide range of historic experiences and identities. (smithsonianmag.com)
  • It's an overall term that brings a lot of people of Indian ancestry, Native ancestry, together in the present moment," says Woodaman. (smithsonianmag.com)
  • Many Native American people, with their Native American ancestry physical traits , long to connect with their ancestral roots. (blebur.com)
  • There is a widespread idea, even among people who should know better, that trail driving originated after the Civil War, when a lone Texas herd headed for some vague point 'north of 36. (bbqcrashcourse.com)
  • Genetic structure not common to both species is principally apparent in the Atlantic portions of their range, where clawed lobster exhibits a genetic cline and increased differentiation towards range margins, while crawfish appear effectively panmictic throughout this region.Main ConclusionsWe attribute the comparative lack of crawfish population structuring to their greater dispersal tendencies via a longer pelagic larval duration and sporadic adult movements. (exeter.ac.uk)
  • Based on data from 53,125 Asian-American primary care patients in Northern California, there is considerable variability of dyslipidemia rates among the six ethnic subgroups studied (Asian Indians, Chinese, Filipinos, Japanese, Koreans, Vietnamese). (palsforhealth.com)
  • The 2018 AHA/ACC cholesterol guidelines recommend a heart-healthy diet that is consistent with ethnic and cultural preferences for Asian-Americans. (palsforhealth.com)
  • The strongest predictors of strong American Indian ethnic identity were involvement in native spirituality and traditional cultural practices. (blebur.com)
  • Race correction is the use of a patient's race in a scientific equation that can influence how they are treated. (cnn.com)
  • For Instance, when Dr. Lancer sees a new patient, he always asks them to speak of their ancestry as far back as they know and most times he finds that the pigmentation in the patient's skin is not an accurate reflection of their genetic ancestry. (lancerskincare.com)
  • Without knowing a patient's ancestry, dermatologists could recommend treatments that could damage the skin rather than repair it. (lancerskincare.com)
  • If a patient's multigenerational ancestry are closer to the Northern Hemisphere, chances are the skin is less likely to scar during a procedure than if it's closer to the equatorial parts of the planet. (lancerskincare.com)
  • The term Paleo-Indians applies specifically to the lithic period in the Western Hemisphere and is distinct from the term Paleolithic. (wikipedia.org)
  • This is not a straight-forward molecular genetic paper where there's a laser-like focus on one locus, and the mechanistic issues are clear and distinct. (discovermagazine.com)
  • Shared and distinct patterns of genetic structure in two sympatric large decapods. (exeter.ac.uk)
  • Colombia has been subject to intense genetic and cultural currents due to its geographical location. (scielo.br)
  • The distribution of hemoglobinopathies in different geographical regions of Colombia is influenced by ancestry. (scielo.br)
  • Decreto Número 1953 de 2014, Por el cual se crea un régimen especial con el fin de poner en funcionamiento los Territorios Indígenas respecto de la administración de los sistemas propios de los pueblos indígenas hasta que el Congreso expida la ley de que trata el artículo 329 de la Constitución Política de Colombia. (bvsalud.org)
  • Aug. 31, 2023: Studies show that Black/African American adults who smoke show interest in quitline services and report high motivation to quit but experience less success with these services than other groups. (nih.gov)
  • April 25, 2023: An NIMHD-funded study finds that Mexican Americans with higher levels of acculturation-those who have lived in the United States for 10 years or more and spoke majority English-were more likely to be depressed and experience sleep problems. (nih.gov)
  • The set of non-African Y chromosomes found in the Malagasy was much more similar to the set of lineages found in Borneo than in any other population, which demonstrates striking agreement between the genetic and linguistic evidence. (mongabay.com)
  • In the case of the American Indians, essentially all of their mitochondrial lineages fall into one of five major families: A, B, C, D, or X, none of which were derived from a recent migration from Israel. (irr.org)
  • If we go back twenty generations in an American Indian's pedigree chart, it is extremely likely that those same five lineages will occupy virtually all the million-odd ancestral slots. (irr.org)
  • Why Should We Expect to Find Jewish DNA in Native Americans? (jefflindsay.com)
  • I have family records through the Baker Rolls where it kept blood quantum of Native Americans. (rootsandrecombinantdna.com)
  • A sense of connection to a tribe and cultural traditions is vital for many Native Americans. (blebur.com)
  • The population frequency of the allele corresponding to the rs66698963 insertion (allele named I) or deletion (allele named D) was determined from genomic DNA extracted from human samples (blood, breast milk, and placenta) obtained from several participating institutions in the US and Canada (n=211, nearly all from Kansas City), as well as from a group of Asian Indians (n=76). (fatsoflife.com)
  • Many weird genetic disorders come from Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, where there is a strong tradition of first-cousin marriage. (discovermagazine.com)
  • Using these data to characterise contemporary population structuring, we investigate potential spatial and environmental drivers of genomic heterogeneity.ResultsWe found higher levels of differentiation among clawed lobsters than crawfish, both globally and within basins, and demonstrate where known hydrographic and topographic barriers generate shared patterns of divergence, such as a genetic break between the Atlantic and Mediterranean basins. (exeter.ac.uk)
  • A Mediterranean diet showed positive health results for most all ancestry from coast lands in Europe. (agentnateur.com)
  • Scholars suggest there was substantial mestizaje (racial and cultural mixing) in Cuba`, as well, and several Indian pueblos that survived into the 19th century. (vazenterprises.com)
  • Mestizo just isn't a racial class within the U.S. Census, however signifies somebody who's aware of their Native American ancestry with some European ancestry. (mynewsfit.com)
  • Sites in Alaska (East Beringia) are where some of the earliest evidence has been found of Paleo-Indians, followed by archaeological sites in northern British Columbia, western Alberta and the Old Crow Flats region in the Yukon. (wikipedia.org)
  • For example, Justice Sutherland and the Court decided that "the children born in this country of Hindu parents would retain indefinitely the clear evidence of their ancestry," which links physical attributes to the Court's social understanding of whiteness. (bartleby.com)
  • Another source of evidence for genetic contribution in T2DM is familial aggregation. (scialert.net)
  • The evidence from these two independent bits of DNA supports the linguistic evidence in suggesting that a migrating population made their way 4500 miles across the Indian Ocean from Borneo. (mongabay.com)
  • We are also using geographical distance as a proxy for genetic distance. (discovermagazine.com)
  • It is situated in the western Pacific Ocean and consists of around 7,641 islands that are broadly categorized under three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. (agreatertown.com)
  • In contrast, genetic connectivity in clawed lobster is relatively restricted, with the correlation of site of origin and temperature to geographical heterogeneity at many divergent loci indicative of both neutral and adaptive processes. (exeter.ac.uk)
  • In unsupervised analyses, a Sardinian-specific ancestry component correlates with shared drift parameters with both the Neolithic farmers and Paleolithic hunter-gatherers, and is consistent with supervised estimates of ancestry proportions in which the Ogliastra individuals have higher Neolithic farmer and Paleolithic hunter-gatherer ancestries, while individuals from the rest of the island show an infusion of the pastoralist ancestry. (blogspot.com)
  • Replication studies identify several genetic variants in Arabs with obesity-linked diabetes. (who.int)
  • Then in 1960s with the elucidation of DNA, we entered the molecular genetic era of medicine where we are still today. (dailygood.org)
  • Argentine population genetic structure was examined using a set of 78 ancestry informative markers (AIMs) to assess the contributions of European, Amerindian, and African ancestry in 94 individuals members of this population. (blogspot.com)
  • It shares maritime borders with Taiwan to the north, Japan to the northeast, Palau to the east and southeast, Indonesia to the south, Malaysia to the southwest, Vietnam to the west, and China to the northwest. (agreatertown.com)
  • This includes Asian-Americans. (palsforhealth.com)
  • Asian Americans may need to start on a lower dose of statins. (palsforhealth.com)
  • Many Asian-Americans with high cholesterol should take statins. (palsforhealth.com)
  • The 2018 American Heart Association (AHA)/American College of Cardiology (ACC) Guideline on the Management of Blood Cholesterol recommends healthy lifestyle practices and statins for adults with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), high cholesterol (low density lipoprotein cholesterol [LDL-C] ≥190 mg/dL), or an elevated risk of ASCVD, including Asian-Americans. (palsforhealth.com)
  • Lipid-lowering medication, particularly statins, are recommended for individuals whose LDL-C is 190 mg/dL or higher, including Asian-Americans, for primary prevention of ASCVD. (palsforhealth.com)
  • When most of the Creeks were forcibly deported to the Indian Territory (Oklahoma,) they called a principal river through their lands, the Red River. (accessgenealogy.com)
  • A health systems assessment of genetic counseling in cardiovascular care in a large health system: Adherence to genetics recommendations in the Military Health System. (cdc.gov)
  • Paleo-Indians or Paleo-Americans were the first peoples who entered, and subsequently inhabited, the Americas during the final glacial episodes of the late Pleistocene period. (wikipedia.org)
  • The modern Filipino identity, with its Austronesian roots, was mainly influenced by China, the United States and Spain. (everipedia.org)
  • However, genetic ancestry tests challenge those attempting to connect with their ancestral roots and claim a Native American identity. (blebur.com)
  • The Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Syndrome (HBOC) is a genetic condition that increases women's risk of developing breast and ovarian cancers. (xcode.life)
  • Experts in large-scale association analysis studies performed by top government institutions like the ADA and CDC prove that inheritability is nothing more than a genetic contribution that would never lead to diabetes on its own. (klinio.com)
  • The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) 2016 Meeting Online Planner and Abstract Search can be accessed here . (blogspot.com)
  • LDS beliefs about American Indian ancestry fall squarely into the scientific field of anthropology. (irr.org)
  • In the past, American Indians adapted their beliefs and traditions to conform to colonizers' demands for assimilation. (blebur.com)
  • However, while studies have good proof that diabetes is genetic, the situation isn't entirely black and white. (klinio.com)
  • These studies have increased our understanding of the genetic aetiology of T2DM and provided invaluable insights into the way genetic studies should be conducted. (scialert.net)
  • Then in her fifties, she came to America and taught junior high. (medscape.com)
  • may have a negative fitness interaction with the predominant African genetic background of this population. (discovermagazine.com)
  • However, unlike the privations suffered by those eastward travellers, the data suggests the early Malagasy population survived the voyage well, because more genetic variation is found in them than is found in the islands of Polynesia. (mongabay.com)
  • Bottlenecks' in evolutionary history, where the population is dramatically reduced in number, are a common cause of reduced genetic variation. (mongabay.com)
  • The topic of genetic roles in having diabetes is pretty extensive. (klinio.com)
  • Jan. 28, 2022: Useful measures of body composition beyond BMI could help physicians identify African American women at higher risk of death after breast cancer. (nih.gov)
  • Lehi (some of his fathers were of the tribe of Manassah, but we don't know the genetic composition of the Tribe of Manassah in BC 600. (jefflindsay.com)
  • I received 20 plus percent of Native American DNA on my AncestryDNA results which wasn't a surprise being that my grandmother was 15/16 and 1/16 European. (rootsandrecombinantdna.com)
  • That is one of the questions asked by "Taíno: Native Heritage and Identity in the Caribbean," a new exhibition co-produced by the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian and the Smithsonian Latino Center . (smithsonianmag.com)
  • If I had an Indian Head cent or buffalo nickel for every person claiming a connection to the Cherokee tribe, I'd be filthy rich. (rootsandrecombinantdna.com)
  • This person was not interested in joining the Cherokee tribe (he was already a member) nor trying to prove if he was Native American (he already knew). (rootsandrecombinantdna.com)
  • Others believe the blue and roan speckled stock reflected early Durham (shorthorn) British influence. (bbqcrashcourse.com)