• The completion of the human genome marked the beginning of our concerted efforts to understand and catalogue genetic variation across human populations. (nature.com)
  • Essentially, racialism argues that human populations are substantially different from each other to a degree which necessitates biological classification similar to or below the species level. (rationalwiki.org)
  • Misrepresenting anti-racialism as the position that "all human populations are identical" or there are "no differences between populations" is a common tactic among racialists. (rationalwiki.org)
  • Invasive GAS disproportionately affects indigenous populations around the world, as has been well documented among Aboriginal Australians, First Nation Canadians, and Alaskan Natives. (upenn.edu)
  • The Hawaiian Islands and New Zealand, anchor this region to the north and south, respectively, with Native Hawaiians and Maori as their indigenous populations. (doi.gov)
  • Indigenous populations in Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands are called Chamorro. (doi.gov)
  • We also use population genomic analyses to date a previously observed influx of human-specialist alleles into major West African cities. (bvsalud.org)
  • Nottingham, UK) that assigns cultural, ethnic, and lin- from the Americas represented 3 CEL groups. (cdc.gov)
  • KoVariome health records were used to identify novel disease-causing variants in the Korean population, demonstrating the value of high-quality ethnic variation databases for the accurate interpretation of individual genomes and the precise characterization of genetic variations. (nature.com)
  • 95% of the population are ethnic Mongols, Kazakh, Turkic peoples, Chinese and Russians make up the remaining population. (nationsonline.org)
  • Ethnic groups: 85% Mongol (predominantly Khalkha), 7% Turkic (largest group, Kazakh) 4.6% Tungusic, and 3.4% others, including Chinese and Russian. (nationsonline.org)
  • Subjects identified themselves as belonging to one of four major racial/ethnic groups (white, African American, East Asian, and Hispanic) and were recruited from 15 different geographic locales within the United States and Taiwan. (blogspot.com)
  • Farhud credited himself with initiating population genetics in Iran, namely comparative studies of the blood groups, serum proteins, hemoglobins, and physical traits of the country's many ethnic groups to understand their differences from one another. (sup.org)
  • We have analyzed genetic data for 326 microsatellite markers that were typed uniformly in a large multiethnic population-based sample of individuals as part of a study of the genetics of hypertension (Family Blood Pressure Program). (blogspot.com)
  • Addressing these questions requires an assessment of Farhud's professional life, in which he acts simultaneously as a representative of transnational research in population genetics to his fellow Iranian citizens, and also as a representative of his country within a global scientific infrastructure that has often neglected the contributions of Middle Eastern workers. (sup.org)
  • Origins can assign a CEL group when the sis lineages associated with geographic origin ( 4-7 ). (cdc.gov)
  • 32 strains in CEL groups in which specifi c global M . tuber- patients were unclassifi ed. culosis lineages are not present. (cdc.gov)
  • Here, we used phylogenomic analysis of 709 single copy ortholog groups from 256 mosquito species to produce a strongly supported phylogeny that resolves the position of the major disease vector species and the major mosquito lineages. (bvsalud.org)
  • Moreover, we utilize an extensive database of host associations for mosquitoes to show that mosquitoes have shifted to feeding upon the blood of mammals numerous times, and that mosquito diversification and host-use patterns within major lineages appear to coincide in earth history both with major continental drift events and with the diversification of vertebrate classes. (bvsalud.org)
  • In both the Faroe Islands and Greenland, Danes make up 7.6% of the population, as of 2018[update]. (wikipedia.org)
  • Our results reveal a shared Mediterranean genetic continuity, extending from Sicily to Cyprus, where Southern Italian populations appear genetically closer to Greek-speaking islands than to continental Greece. (nature.com)
  • In conclusion, the present study suggests that management of southern Appalachian brook trout should include: (1) genetically cognizant planning of stocking events, (2) management of populations on a stream-by-stream basis, (3) prioritized conservation of pure southern brook trout populations, and (4) use of southern Appalachian hatchery stocks in restoration efforts. (intechopen.com)
  • the Mexican population tends to Data on Hispanic subgroups facilitate the planning of public health services for live predominantly in the southwest, the various underserved populations. (cdc.gov)
  • In a study of 15 patients with rheumatic heart disease and a control group of 10 patients who had been exposed to group A streptococci but did not develop either acute rheumatic fever or rheumatic heart disease, 13 genes were differentially expressed in the same direction (predominantly decreased) between the two groups. (medscape.com)
  • A total of 1,159 mitochondrial DNA samples from two Mongolian, two Siberian, and 25 South Native American populations was surveyed for the presence of the C16278T mutation, frequently found in haplogroup X. Material from 25 carriers of that mutation was then sequenced for the hypervariable segment I (HVS-I) control region, and those that still were not classifiable in classical Amerindian haplogroups were further studied. (blogspot.com)
  • Futility of Centor score for predicating Group A Streptococcal pharyngitis in an adult hyper-endemic Native American population. (upenn.edu)
  • As a part of the Korean Personal Genome Project (KPGP), we constructed the KoVariome database using 5.5 terabases of whole genome sequence data from 50 healthy Korean individuals in order to characterize the benign ethnicity-relevant genetic variation present in the Korean population. (nature.com)
  • Large-scale variome studies, such as those previous discussed, have significantly increased our understanding of variation in the human population, however, the population composition is still broadly biased towards Europeans (54.97% in ExAC 12 and 78.55% in Telenti et al . (nature.com)
  • Variation at 4 polymorphic loci, including the diagnostic creatine kinase (CK-A2*) locus, indicated that 19 populations were of southern origin, 5 of northern origin, and 32 of mixed genetic origin. (intechopen.com)
  • Additionally to long-term processes of gene flow and admixture, the genetic structure of the populations currently inhabiting the area has been impacted by recent events of cultural isolation and local differentiation 20 , 21 . (nature.com)
  • Thus, ancient geographic ancestry, which is highly correlated with self-identified race/ethnicity-as opposed to current residence-is the major determinant of genetic structure in the U.S. population. (blogspot.com)
  • Over population groups of millions of people, and over continental differences, we just don't care that much - and often find reasons to hate and fear those other faraway tribes. (sciforums.com)
  • An intention-to-treat (as-assigned) difference-in-differences analysis was performed for each outcome with the use of generalized linear mixed models to compare the intervention period with the baseline period across trial groups. (cdc.gov)
  • We genotyped a subset of individuals from each location at 12 microsatellite loci and ~ 14,000 single nucleotide polymorphic markers to determine their genetic affinities to other populations worldwide and investigate their potential source of introduction. (bvsalud.org)
  • In order to determine this differentiation, established allozyme markers were used to classify 56 southwest Virginia populations as southern, northern, or introgressed. (intechopen.com)
  • This study is self-explanatory really, but two interesting findings are the emergence of a "Hispanic" racial cluster, which can be explained by the choice of a population sample from a single location, as Hispanics are generally heterogeneous racially, and the near-perfect differentiation of the Japanese from the Chinese in the Mongoloid cluster, suggesting the potential for subracial differentiation in future studies. (blogspot.com)
  • While measurements can be made free of bias according to scientific methods, the social realities of different people and the subjectivity of drawing racial circles around a continuously varying population of humans makes it very difficult for these measurements to be interpreted in an objective way free from social factors that may include bias. (scienceblogs.com)
  • These animals are found in deep waters, typically in highest densities over the outer continental shelf or continental slope. (seaworld.org)
  • Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) is a sequela of streptococcal infection-typically following 2 to 3 weeks after group A streptococcal pharyngitis-that occurs most commonly in children and has rheumatologic, cardiac, and neurologic manifestations. (medscape.com)
  • In this study, we used simulations to explore if signals of selection could be confidently distinguished from genetic drift across 23 bottlenecked and reintroduced populations of Alpine ibex ( Capra ibex ). (biorxiv.org)
  • Given its potential infiltration as a Celtic group into the lands of the Aquitani, or its potential as an Aquitani tribe which perhaps absorbed Celtic elements or people, it was probably only a small tribe, one which had probably been created through the process of sub-dividing larger Celtic tribes or general small-scale population drift towards land which showed promise for cattle or sheep. (historyfiles.co.uk)
  • The Chukchi population study used data collected by sampling about 60 polar bears between 2008 and 2016. (byu.edu)
  • Mongolia has a population of just over 3 million people (2016), making it one of the least densely populated countries in the world. (nationsonline.org)
  • 2. Invasive Group A Streptococcus (iGAS) among American Indians (AI). (upenn.edu)
  • Group A Streptococcus ( Streptococcus pyogenes ) is thought to cause the myriad of clinical diseases in which the host's immunologic response to bacterial antigens cross-react with various target organs in the body, resulting in molecular mimicry. (medscape.com)
  • His premise is that if we still lived in tribes - groups of 20 to 500 people - there wouldn't be a homeless problem. (sciforums.com)
  • This meta-analysis of 111,421 individuals provides further support for an interaction between physical activity and a GRS in obesity disposition, although these findings hinge on the inclusion of cohorts from North America, indicating that these results are either population-specific or non-causal. (lu.se)
  • A decade or two ago, writers took delight in pointing out that the emigration population of, say, Samoans in California was half the size of its resident population, or that the Guamanians on the West Coast outnumbered those on their home island. (micsem.org)
  • 2015). The long-term success of evolutionary conservation management requires accurate assessments of the evolutionary processes in bottlenecked populations and thus, an understanding of the analytical constraints non-equilibrium populations can face. (biorxiv.org)
  • Ducks Unlimited and its partners deliver comprehensive conservation programs and support science and public policy work that contribute to the sustainability of our continental waterfowl populations and their habitats. (ducks.org)
  • African Parks, which manages Garamba National Park on behalf of the Congolese government, said: "According to the World Conservation Society, the pace of poaching is putting pressure on a continental elephant population that has declined more than 50 percent in the past 30 years. (savetheelephants.org)
  • The approach used in Garamba can be replicated for a larger effort by governments, African civil society organizations, international bodies, conservation groups and anti-atrocity organizations. (savetheelephants.org)
  • Strains of group A streptococci that are heavily encapsulated and rich in M protein (signifying virulence in streptococcal strains) seem to be most likely to result in infection. (medscape.com)
  • Within the study population are predominant CEL have usually analyzed patient-declared population groups groups that originate from each continent: 1,031 (25%) to identify associations ( 1,7 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Data that 29.7 million Hispanic people were are presented for four Hispanic origin subgroups--Mexican, Cuban, Puerto Rican, living in the continental United States, and ``other Hispanic'' persons--for the Hispanic population as a whole and for the Alaska, and Hawaii in 1997 (2). (cdc.gov)
  • Census Bureau, approximately 63% of Results-- The health indicators for Puerto Rican persons are significantly worse the Hispanic population living in the than for the other Hispanic origin subgroups. (cdc.gov)
  • Fortunately, this year a group of medical professionals primarily based in low-resource settings, ethicists, app developers, World Health Organization (WHO) representatives and other high-profile individuals met in Geneva, Switzerland at the Brocher Fondation to work intensively on getting to the core of the ethical concerns of this burgeoning technology. (luc.edu)
  • Short-finned pilot whales live in stable groups of 15 to 30 animals comprised of family relatives, and tend to live in localized, resident populations, although some populations have wider ranges. (seaworld.org)
  • Instead, recent historical expansions from North-Eastern Europe account for the observed differentiation of present-day continental Southern Balkan groups. (nature.com)
  • Population genetic evidence suggests differentiation among evolutionarily significant units of southern and northern Appalachian brook trout, with the zone of contact in southwestern Virginia. (intechopen.com)
  • On the other hand, we detected only modest genetic differentiation between different current geographic locales within each race/ethnicity group. (blogspot.com)
  • John Prendergast, Enough Project Founding Director, said: "Unprecedented prices for ivory have attracted violent armed groups like the LRA, corrupt army officials, and transnational criminal networks to this lucrative trade. (savetheelephants.org)
  • Almost 5,000 miles away, across the continental United States and Atlantic, a similar situation is playing out in Denmark. (cityweekly.net)
  • Diagnosis rests on a combination of clinical manifestations that can develop in relation to group A streptococcal pharyngitis. (medscape.com)
  • identifies that ivory trafficking in Garamba National Park is funding armed groups responsible for widespread atrocities. (savetheelephants.org)
  • GCA has provided UCLGA with a grant of $278,000 until May 2024 to build the institutional capacity of local governments and low-income groups residing in informal settlements in 12 African cities. (gca.org)
  • The U.S. and the African Union must also help shut down the ivory trading centers in the region that are funding armed groups and poachers. (savetheelephants.org)
  • CSA Meeting of Specialists on the Basic Psychology of African and Madagascan Populations, Tananarive, 27 August-3 September 1959 : recommendations and reports / report by S. Biesheuvel. (who.int)
  • Report on the CSA meeting of specialists on the basic psychological structures of African and Madagascan populations, Tananarive, 27 August-3 September, 1959 : synthetic report / prepared under the supervision of S. Biesheuvel, in accordance with Recommendation XI (2) of the CSA Meeting of Specialists. (who.int)
  • Samoan and Chamorro populations are the next largest groups. (doi.gov)
  • But university and federal researchers estimate a healthy and abundant population of nearly 3,000 animals in the Chukchi Sea off Alaska's northwest coast, according to a study published Wednesday in Scientific Reports. (byu.edu)
  • Within reintroduced populations specifically, the sudden environmental change experienced when founder individuals are released in new locations may fuel rapid adaptive change (e.g. (biorxiv.org)
  • Breeding populations now exist across the southeastern United States, and wayward individuals have been sighted as far north as Nova Scotia and North Dakota. (ducks.org)
  • Groups of individuals with similar physical appearances often reinforced by cultural, social and/or linguistic similarities. (bvsalud.org)
  • The Hispanic population in the minority group in the United States. (cdc.gov)
  • The Hispanic population is recent decades. (cdc.gov)
  • non-Hispanic white and non-Hispanic black populations. (cdc.gov)
  • The Hispanic population is notable with respect to several health status outcomes, providing both age-adjusted and for its diversity. (cdc.gov)
  • High-coverage whole-genome sequencing data of a single ethnicity can provide a useful catalogue of population-specific genetic variations, and provides a critical resource that can be used to more accurately identify pathogenic genetic variants. (nature.com)
  • As a result, numerous population genomic studies have been performed to characterize ethnicity-relevant variations. (nature.com)
  • The geographic range of the monarch encompasses a large portion of the North American continent and Caribbean islands, with disjunct populations in other areas including northern South America, Australia, the Iberian Peninsula, and islands in the Pacific. (frontiersin.org)
  • More than 60% live in a high population density areas on Java, Madura and Bali. (evangelical-times.org)
  • However, even taking into account wages, household size, and the population density where they live, immigrants are still much more likely to reside in overcrowded housing. (cis.org)
  • The final section examines how the age of revolutions affected these groups and how they coped with the new world of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. (encyclopedia.com)
  • If migration continues at this same pace, we can expect that the number of emigrants will be about half the size of the resident population just ten years from now. (micsem.org)
  • It was intended as a fallback in the event that the local economies could not support their growing populations in years to come. (micsem.org)
  • 4) prior to 10,000 years ago, information might be found on the Dacht-i-Navar Group page in the LaMEVE (Large Magnitude Explosive Volcanic Eruptions) database, a part of the Volcano Global Risk Identification and Analysis Project (VOGRIPA) . (si.edu)
  • There, wolves have established a population for the first time in more than 200 years, thanks to reproductive success in nearby Germany. (cityweekly.net)
  • This report explores the unique features of the Mexican community in the state of Hawai'i, identifying the challenges and prospects faced by a population that has grown significantly in the past two decades. (migrationpolicy.org)
  • However, because of the persistence and bioaccumulation of heptachlor and heptachlor epoxide, exposure of the general population can occur through ingestion of contaminated food (especially cow or human milk), inhalation of vapors from contaminated soil and water, or direct contact with residual heptachlor from pesticide application. (cdc.gov)
  • The data was used in a model designed to estimate population size for highly mobile large carnivores. (byu.edu)
  • The report also details how the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), renegade elements of the Congolese national army (the FARDC) and other armed groups from South Sudan and Sudan are using sophisticated techniques to evade detection of their poaching and trafficking activities, and makes recommendations for increased efforts to combat the illicit trade. (savetheelephants.org)
  • Results from this data and analysis help park rangers impede violent armed groups from trading ivory, allowing patrols to focus their efforts on high-probability threat areas. (savetheelephants.org)
  • Recent genetic research indicates that the degree of genetic heterogeneity within groups and homogeneity across groups make race per se a less compelling predictor. (bvsalud.org)
  • Scientists and graduate students from the USGS and the University of South Florida (USF) found the hidden coral reef and diverse fish populations while conducting collaborative research west of the Dry Tortugas. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) Data Services map showing the location of seismic stations from all available networks (permanent or temporary) within a radius of 0.18° (about 20 km at mid-latitudes) from the given location of Dacht-i-Navar Group. (si.edu)
  • As black-bellied whistling duck populations continue to grow, additional research will be needed to better understand the life history of this species, including its interactions with wood ducks and the potential for nest site competition and nest parasitism between the two species. (ducks.org)
  • a group of organisms that have a unique set of characteristics (like body shape and behavior) that distinguishes them from other organisms. (india-forum.com)
  • It consists of metropolitan Denmark-the kingdom's territory in continental Europe and sometimes called "Denmark proper" (Danish: egentlige Danmark)-and the realm's two autonomous regions: the Faroe Islands in North Atlantic and Greenland in North America. (wikipedia.org)
  • In comparison, there are ten cities in Denmark with a population above 50,000 people. (wikipedia.org)
  • Deme (pronounced "deem," from the Greek for "people" and originally referring to a political division within ancient Greece) has been used in biology since the 1930s as a term for a local interbreeding population within a species. (rationalwiki.org)
  • And as you can see I have both slides here because if I could do a matchup of these two together, it would probably be more accurate in the context of a Zika response because we're telling people about this but we also have very specific population groups that we're concerned about here. (cdc.gov)
  • Waterfowl biologists and managers must provide a wide variety of habitats across vast landscapes to meet the life-cycle needs of this remarkably diverse group of birds. (ducks.org)
  • There is no Deformation History data available for Dacht-i-Navar Group. (si.edu)
  • Implicitly if not always explicitly, privileged groups-aristocrats and gentry-have long been central to historians' understanding of European social history. (encyclopedia.com)
  • These states had no history of established populations of this mosquito and no evidence of previous seasonal activity. (bvsalud.org)
  • Large numbers of post-reproductive females have been identified in many populations. (seaworld.org)
  • The state's action came after its " Wolf Advisory Group " concluded that "lethal action" was the best way to manage the pack's population following a string of attacks on livestock on grazing allotments in the forest, despite the fact that numerous scientific studies have proven that livestock predation actually increases when wolves and other large predator animals are killed. (cityweekly.net)
  • Findings include that Mexicans represent a relatively small but growing population in Hawai'i, but that the community is dispersed within and across the Hawaiian islands. (migrationpolicy.org)
  • Svalbard is a Norwegian group of islands located in the Arctic Ocean north of continental Norway, about 650 miles (1,050 kilometers) from the North Pole. (explorersweb.com)
  • Methods-- National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) data aggregated from 1992 population had a growth rate of only through 1995 were analyzed. (cdc.gov)
  • The current ease in obtaining genome-wide SNP data has driven a renaissance of studies scanning for selection at the genomic level in wild populations (e.g. (biorxiv.org)
  • Nonduplicate initial M . tuberculosis complex isolates the Midlands, UK (n = 4,207) were referred from the Midlands region of the United Kingdom (population 9.5 million) to our cen- ter during January 2004-December 2007. (cdc.gov)
  • This, combined with hunters' thirst for wolf pelts, led to a massive decline in wolf populations. (cityweekly.net)
  • A very important new article by a group of Greek and Chinese researchers provides the first quantitative assessment of mental processing in two groups of students, aged 8 to 14, belonging to the Caucasoid and Mongoloid races. (blogspot.com)
  • New River drainage populations exhibited the southern allele at high frequency, suggesting their historic native character as southern, with presence of northern alleles due to stocking or stream capture events. (intechopen.com)