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A Natural History of FUT2 Polymorphism in Humans by Ferrer-Admetlla, Anna, Sikora, Martin, Laayouni, Hafid, Esteve, Anna, Roubinet, Francis, Blancher, Antoine, Calafell, Francesc, Bertranpetit, Jaume, Casals, Ferran

“…Because pathogens are powerful selective agents, host-cell surface molecules used by pathogens as identification signals can reveal the signature of selection…”
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Author Correction: Sex-biased patterns shaped the genetic history of Roma by García-Fernández, C., Font-Porterias, N., Kučinskas, V., Sukarova-Stefanovska, E., Pamjav, H., Makukh, H., Dobon, B., Bertranpetit, J., Netea, M. G., Calafell, F., Comas, D.

“…An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper…”
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Sex-biased patterns shaped the genetic history of Roma by García-Fernández, C., Font-Porterias, N., Kučinskas, V., Sukarova-Stefanovska, E., Pamjav, H., Makukh, H., Dobon, B., Bertranpetit, J., Netea, M. G., Calafell, F., Comas, D.

“…The Roma population is a European ethnic minority characterized by recent and multiple dispersals and founder effects. After their origin in South Asia around…”
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Patterns of genetic structure and adaptive positive selection in the Lithuanian population from high-density SNP data by Urnikyte, A., Flores-Bello, A., Mondal, M., Molyte, A., Comas, D., Calafell, F., Bosch, E., Kučinskas, V.

“…The analysis of geographically specific regions and the characterization of fine-scale patterns of genetic diversity may facilitate a much better understanding…”
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Mitochondrial DNA reveals a strong phylogeographic structure in the badger across Eurasia by MARMI, J., LÓPEZ-GIRÁLDEZ, F., MACDONALD, D. W., CALAFELL, F., ZHOLNEROVSKAYA, E., DOMINGO-ROURA, X.

“…The badger, Meles meles, is a widely distributed mustelid in Eurasia and shows large geographic variability in morphological characters whose evolutionary…”
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Genetic and Demographic Implications of the Bantu Expansion: Insights from Human Paternal Lineages by Berniell-Lee, Gemma, Calafell, Francesc, Bosch, Elena, Heyer, Evelyne, Sica, Lucas, Mouguiama-Daouda, Patrick, van der Veen, Lolke, Hombert, Jean-Marie, Quintana-Murci, Lluis, Comas, David

“…The expansion of Bantu languages, which started around 5,000 years before present in west/central Africa and spread all throughout sub-Saharan Africa, may…”
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Potential Transmission of Human Polyomaviruses through the Gastrointestinal Tract after Exposure to Virions or Viral DNA by Bofill-Mas, S, Formiga-Cruz, M, Clemente-Casares, P, Calafell, F, Girones, R

“…Erratum ( vol. 82 , p. 8244 ) Article Usage Stats Services JVI Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious…”
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Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness in Preventing Outpatient, Inpatient, and Severe Cases of Laboratory-Confirmed Influenza by CASTILLA, Jesús, GODOY, Pere, QUINTANA, José María, GALAN, Juan Carlos, CASTRO, Ady, GONZALEZ-CANDELAS, Fernando, GARIN, Olatz, SAEZ, Marc, TAMAMES, Sonia, PUMAROLA, Tomás, DOMINGUEZ, Angela, MARTINEZ-BAZ, Iván, ASTRAY, Jenaro, MARTIN, Vicente, DELGADO-RODRIGUEZ, Miguel, BARICOT, Maretva, SOLDEVILA, Nuria, MAYORAL, José María

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High-Resolution Analysis of Human Y-Chromosome Variation Shows a Sharp Discontinuity and Limited Gene Flow between Northwestern Africa and the Iberian Peninsula by Bosch, Elena, Calafell, Francesc, Comas, David, Oefner, Peter J., Underhill, Peter A., Bertranpetit, Jaume

“…In the present study we have analyzed 44 Y-chromosome biallelic polymorphisms in population samples from northwestern (NW) Africa and the Iberian Peninsula,…”
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Paternal and maternal lineages in the Balkans show a homogeneous landscape over linguistic barriers, except for the isolated Aromuns by Bosch, E., Calafell, F., González‐Neira, A., Flaiz, C., Mateu, E., Scheil, H.‐G., Huckenbeck, W., Efremovska, L., Mikerezi, I., Xirotiris, N., Grasa, C., Schmidt, H., Comas, D.

“…Summary The Balkan Peninsula is a complex cultural mosaic comprising populations speaking languages from several branches of the Indo‐European family and…”
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Extreme population differences across Neuregulin 1 gene, with implications for association studies by Gardner, M, González-Neira, A, Lao, O, Calafell, F, Bertranpetit, J, Comas, D

“…Neuregulin 1 (NRG1) is one of the most exciting candidate genes for schizophrenia in recent years since its first association with the disease in an Icelandic…”
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Joining the Pillars of Hercules: mtDNA Sequences Show Multidirectional Gene Flow in the Western Mediterranean by Plaza, S., Calafell, F., Helal, A., Bouzerna, N., Lefranc, G., Bertranpetit, J., Comas, D.

“…Summary Phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) performed in Western Mediterranean populations has shown that both shores share a common set of…”
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A Perspective on the History of the Iberian Gypsies Provided by Phylogeographic Analysis of Y‐Chromosome Lineages by Gusmão, A., Gusmão, L., Gomes, V., Alves, C., Calafell, F., Amorim, A., Prata, M. J.

“…Summary The European Gypsies, commonly referred to as Roma, are represented by a vast number of groups spread across many countries. Although sharing a common…”
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Association of the CTLA4 promoter region (−1661G allele) with type 1 diabetes in the South Moroccan population by BOUQBIS, L, IZAABEL, H, AKHAYAT, O, PEREZ-LEZAUN, A, CALAFELL, F, BERTRANPETIT, J, COMAS, D

“…The contribution of the candidate gene CTLA4 to type 1 diabetes is not well established. Although several polymorphisms have been repeatedly associated to the…”
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The probability distribution of the number of loci indicating exclusion in a core set of STR markers by Calafell, F

“…The distribution of the number of loci out of the 13 in the CODIS STR set that would show an exclusion (i.e., a genotype set incompatible either with the…”
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Mitochondrial DNA Heterogeneity in Tunisian Berbers by Fadhlaoui‐Zid, K., Plaza, S., Calafell, F., Ben Amor, M., Comas, D., Bennamar, A., Gaaied, El

“…Summary Berbers live in groups scattered across North Africa whose origins and genetic relationships with their neighbours are not well established. The first…”
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MtDNA from extinct Tainos and the peopling of the Caribbean by LALUEZA‐FOX, C., CALDERÓN, F. LUNA, CALAFELL, F., MORERA, B, BERTRANPETIT, J.

“…Tainos and Caribs were the inhabitants of the Caribbean when Columbus reached the Americas; both human groups became extinct soon after contact, decimated by…”
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Short tandem repeat polymorphism evolution in humans by Calafell, F, Shuster, A, Speed, W C, Kidd, J R, Kidd, K K

“…Forty-five dinucleotide short tandem repeat polymorphisms were typed in ten large samples of a globally distributed set of populations. Although these markers…”
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An evolutionary approach to the medical implications of the tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily member 13B ( ) gene by Sazzini, M, Zuntini, R, Farjadian, S, Quinti, I, Ricci, G, Romeo, G, Ferrari, S, Calafell, F, Luiselli, D

“…Coding variants in tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily member 13B ( TNFRSF13B ) have been implicated in common variable immunodeficiency (CVID), but the…”
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Basic glossary on genetic epidemiology by Malats, N, Calafell, F

“…This is the second of a series of three glossaries on genetic concepts used in epidemiological research that the journal is publishing with the objective of…”
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