... American genome, and compares frequencies of CNVs between African American and white American/European populations. Joseph P McElroy and colleagues from the Department of Neurology, University of ...
... increased susceptibility to disease. A new study describes a CNV map of the African-American genome, and compares frequencies of CNVs between African-American and white American/European populations.
1919 influenza pandemic, which analysed mortality rates in approximately three-quarters of the European population, has concluded that it is unlikely that the virus, often described as Spanish Flu, ...
... a risk formula based on a number of CV-risk factors. The two major standard CV risk calculators are Framingham, a tool based on US population statistics and SCORE, tailored to European populations.
... and obesity associated (FTO) gene. The mutations associated with obesity are present in about 30 percent of European populations and are associated with a 1.75-kilogram (about 3.9 pounds) increase in ...
... appear smaller than between and even within North European populations. The study, led by researcher Pä ... human diseases, says Juha Kere.
Human population genetic studies have recently gained a new ...
... that Öetzi belonged to a previously unidentified lineage of K1 that has not been seen to date in modern European populations. The frequency of genetic lineages tends to change over time, due to random ...
... measurement.
Waist to hip ratio varied quite widely in the European populations in the study. In 98 percent of the study population, waist to hip ratio ranged between 0.78 and 1.10 ...
... reliable signal of a healthy, fertile woman.
But in data that Cashdan compiled from 33 non-Western populations and 4 European populations, the average waist-to-hip ratio for women ...
... more quickly if we can look at other diseases in studies such as ours, pooling resources across European populations."
The team were also able to show differences between the sexes: lipid values are ...
... of a group of 9,132 French and Danish people with normal blood sugar levels. The researchers found the same links between rs1387153 and a risk of diabetes in all the European populations they studied.
... date, most breast cancer susceptibility genes have been studied primarily in Caucasian or European populations, but women of other ethnic backgrounds may have important genetic differences from these ...
... Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, the Czech Society for Ornithology, and Statistics Netherlands. European population data for birds was compiled by The Pan-European Common Bird Monitoring Scheme ( ...
With the help of powerful gene chips, geneticists are able to distinguish between northern European populations.
... , Lohmueller and colleagues confirmed the existence of a major decline in European populations (called a "bottleneck") 32,500-47,500 years ago. They used computer simulations to model the ...
