Search Results - "Neel, James V."

The "Thrifty Genotype" in 1998 by Neel, James V.

“…Neel compares and contrasts facts concerning the genetic bases for obesity, hypertension and type II diabetes or non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus…”
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A Genome Scanning Approach to Assess the Genetic Effects of Radiation in Mice and Humans by Asakawa, Jun-ichi, Kuick, Rork, Kodaira, Mieko, Nakamura, Nori, Katayama, Hiroaki, Pierce, Donald, Funamoto, Sachiyo, Preston, Dale, Satoh, Chiyoko, Neel, James V., Hanash, Samir

“…Asakawa, J., Kuick, R., Kodaira, M., Nakamura, N., Katayama, H., Pierce, D., Funamoto, S., Preston, D., Satoh, C., Neel, J. V. and Hanash, S. A Genome Scanning…”
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Type II diabetes, essential hypertension, and obesity as "syndromes of impaired genetic homeostasis": the "thrifty genotype" hypothesis enters the 21st century by Neel, J V, Weder, A B, Julius, S

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The JC and BK Human Polyoma Viruses Appear to be Recent Introductions to Some South American Indian Tribes: There is No Serological Evidence of Cross-Reactivity with the Simian Polyoma Virus SV40 by Major, Eugene O., Neel, James V.

“…In an effort to understand the unusual cytogenetic damage earlier encountered in the Yanomama Indians, plasma samples from 425 Amerindians representing 14…”
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Evolutionary Health Promotion by Eaton, S.Boyd, Strassman, Beverly I, Nesse, Randolph M, Neel, James V, Ewald, Paul W, Williams, George C, Weder, Alan B, Eaton, Stanley B, Lindeberg, Staffan, Konner, Melvin J, Mysterud, Iver, Cordain, Loren

“…Health promotion's promise is enormous, but its potential is, as yet, unmatched by accomplishment. Life expectancy increases track more closely with economic…”
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JC Virus DNA Is Present in the Mucosa of the Human Colon and in Colorectal Cancers by Laghi, Luigi, Randolph, Ann E., Chauhan, D. P., Marra, Giancarlo, Major, Eugene O., Neel, James V., Boland, C. Richard

“…JC virus (JCV) is a polyoma virus that commonly infects humans. We have found T antigen DNA sequences of JCV in the mucosa of normal human colons, colorectal…”
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The costs of human inbreeding and their implications for variations at the DNA level by Bittles, Alan H, Neel, James V

“…An analysis of the world literature on the children of first cousin marriages reveals that the depression of survival in offspring followed from birth…”
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Studies of the Inheritance of Human Ribosomal DNA Variants Detected in Two-Dimensional Separations of Genomic Restriction Fragments by Kuick, R, Asakawa, J. I, Neel, J. V, Kodaira, M, Satoh, C, Thoraval, D, Gonzalez, I. L, Hanash, S. M

“…We have investigated the variation in human ribosomal DNA repeat units as revealed in two-dimensional electrophoretic separates of genomic restriction…”
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Genetic Effects of the Atomic Bombs: A Reappraisal by Schull, William J., Otake, Masanori, Neel, James V.

“…Data are presented on four indicators of genetic effects from studies of children born to survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The…”
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Genetic Studies at the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission-Radiation Effects Research Foundation: 1946-1997 by Neel, James V.

“…It is difficult, some 52 years later, to recreate the intensity of the concern about the delayed effects of exposure to the atomic bombs, as well as other…”
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THE GENETIC STRUCTURE OF A TRIBAL POPULATION, THE YANOMAMA INDIANS. XV. PATTERNS INFERRED BY AUTOCORRELATION ANALYSIS by Sokal, Robert R, Smouse, Peter E, Neel, James V

“…Fifteen allele frequencies have previously been determined for 50 villages of the Yanomama, an Amerindian tribe from southern Venezuela and northern Brazil…”
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Mitochondrial DNA "Clock" for the Amerinds and Its Implications for Timing their Entry into North America by Torroni, Antonio, Neel, James V., Barrantes, Ramiro, Schurr, Theodore G., Wallace, Douglas C.

“…Students of the time of entry of the ancestors of the Amerinds into the New World are divided into two camps, one favoring an "early" entry [more than…”
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Virologic and Genetic Studies Relate Amerind Origins to the Indigenous People of the Mongolia/Manchuria/Southeastern Siberia Region by Neel, James V., Biggar, Robert J., Sukernik, Rem I.

“…A commonly held theory is that the first wave of migrants into the New World was derivative from the ethnic groups then inhabiting eastern Siberia. However,…”
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Mortality among the Offspring (F1) of Atomic Bomb Survivors, 1946-85 by Yoshimoto, Y, Schull, W J, Kato, H, Neel, J V

“…We compare the mortality in the years 1946-85 in a cohort of 31, 159 children born to parents one or both of whom were exposed to the atomic bombing of…”
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Mistaken identities by Neel, James V

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The newly characterized colicin Y provides evidence of positive selection in pore-former colicin diversification by Riley, M. A, Cadavid, Luis, Collett, Marc S, Neely, Melody N, Adams, Mark D, Phillips, Cheryl M, Neel, James V, Friedman, David

“…Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA 1 The Institute for Genomic Research, 9712 Medical Center Dr.,…”
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Analysis of Human Peripheral Blood T Cells and Single-Cell-Derived T Cell Clones Uncovers Extensive Clonal CpG Island Methylation Heterogeneity throughout the Genome by Zhu, Xiaoxiang, Deng, Chun, Kuick, Rork, Yung, Raymond, Lamb, Barbara, Neel, James V., Richardson, Bruce, Hanash, Samir

“…Methylation of cytosine residues in CpG dinucleotides is generally associated with silencing of gene expression. DNA methylation, as a somatic event, has the…”
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The impact of random and lineal fission of the genetic divergence of small human groups: a case study among the Yanomama by Smouse, P E, Vitzthum, V J, Neel, J V

“…Most of the genetic divergence that currently separates populations of Homo sapiens must have arisen during that long period when the local village (or band)…”
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Reappraisal of studies concerning the genetic effects of the radiation of humans, mice, and Drosophila by Neel, James V.

“…Because of a number of recent developments, this seems a propitious time to reassess the relative sensitivities of humans, mice, and Drosophila to the genetic…”
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Some ethical issues at the population level raised by 'soft' eugenics, euphenics, and isogenics by Neel, J V

“…It is argued that at the population level there are three central genetic developments raising ethical issues. The first is the emergence of 'soft' eugenics,…”
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