Search Results - "Henn, B M"

Increased homozygosity due to endogamy results in fitness consequences in a human population by Swinford, N A, Prall, S P, Gopalan, S, Williams, C M, Sheehama, J, Scelza, B A, Henn, B M

“…Recessive alleles have been shown to directly affect both human Mendelian disease phenotypes and complex traits. Pedigree studies also suggest that…”
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High rate of extrapair paternity in a human population demonstrates diversity in human reproductive strategies by Scelza, B A, Prall, S P, Swinford, N, Gopalan, S, Atkinson, E G, McElreath, R, Sheehama, J, Henn, B M

“…Among nonhuman species, social monogamy is rarely accompanied by complete fidelity. Evolutionary theory predicts that the rate of extrapair paternity (EPP)…”
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Worldwide variation in hip fracture incidence weakly aligns with genetic divergence between populations by Wallace, I. J., Botigué, L. R., Lin, M., Smaers, J. B., Henn, B. M., Grine, F. E.

“…Summary This study investigates the influence of genetic differentiation in determining worldwide heterogeneity in osteoporosis-related hip fracture rates. The…”
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History of Click-Speaking Populations of Africa Inferred from mtDNA and Y Chromosome Genetic Variation by Tishkoff, Sarah A., Gonder, Mary Katherine, Henn, Brenna M., Mortensen, Holly, Knight, Alec, Gignoux, Christopher, Fernandopulle, Neil, Lema, Godfrey, Nyambo, Thomas B., Ramakrishnan, Uma, Reed, Floyd A., Mountain, Joanna L.

“…Little is known about the history of click-speaking populations in Africa. Prior genetic studies revealed that the click-speaking Hadza of eastern Africa are…”
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Characterizing the Time Dependency of Human Mitochondrial DNA Mutation Rate Estimates by Henn, Brenna M., Gignoux, Christopher R., Feldman, Marcus W., Mountain, Joanna L.

“…Previous research has established a discrepancy of nearly an order of magnitude between pedigree-based and phylogeny-based (human vs. chimpanzee) estimates of…”
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African Y Chromosome and mtDNA Divergence Provides Insight into the History of Click Languages by Knight, Alec, Underhill, Peter A., Mortensen, Holly M., Zhivotovsky, Lev A., Lin, Alice A., Henn, Brenna M., Louis, Dorothy, Ruhlen, Merritt, Mountain, Joanna L.

“…Background: About 30 languages of southern Africa, spoken by Khwe and San, are characterized by a repertoire of click consonants and phonetic accompaniments…”
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Fine-scale population structure and the era of next-generation sequencing by Henn, Brenna M., Gravel, Simon, Moreno-Estrada, Andres, Acevedo-Acevedo, Suehelay, Bustamante, Carlos D.

“…Fine-scale population structure characterizes most continents and is especially pronounced in non-cosmopolitan populations. Roughly half of the world's…”
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Characterizing the Time Dependency of Human Mitochondrial DNA Mutation Rate Estimates by Henn, Brenna M., Gignoux, Christopher R., Feldman, Marcus W., Mountain, Joanna L.

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A computerised test of perceptual ability for learning endoscopic and laparoscopic surgery and other image guided procedures: Score norms for PicSOr by Henn, Patrick, MB, Gallagher, Anthony G., DSc, Nugent, Emmeline, MD, Cowie, Roddy, PhD, Seymour, Neal E., MD, Haluck, Randy S., MD, Hseino, Hazem, MD, Traynor, Oscar, MCh, Neary, Paul C., MD

“…Abstract Background The aptitude to infer the shape of 3-D structures, such as internal organs from 2-D monitor displays, in image guided endoscopic and…”
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African Y Chromosome and mtDNA Divergence Provides Insight into the History of Click Languages by Knight, Alec, Underhill, Peter A., Mortensen, Holly M., Zhivotovsky, Lev A., Lin, Alice A., Henn, Brenna M., Louis, Dorothy, Ruhlen, Merritt, Mountain, Joanna L.

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