AIM (1001 Dalmatians) research program collects biomedical information from multiple small isolated populations ((metapopulation)) on Adriatic islands, Croatia, and investigates health effects of human population isolation, inbreeding, admixture, and outbreeding. METHODS We collected random samples of 100 individuals from 9 island settlements and an additional sample of 101 immigrants to the ...

Background and Rationale Post-marital residence patterns refer to where a couple lives after marriage, such as near or with husband's kin (patrilocality) or wife's kin (matrilocality). These patterns influence other aspects of social organization and behavior, and potentially reveal key parts of human nature. Since the 1860s, anthropologists have sought to characterize prehistoric hunter-gather...

India represents an intricate tapestry of population sub-structure shaped by geography, language, culture and social stratification operating in concert [1–3]. To date, no study has attempted to model and evaluate how these evolutionary forces have interacted to shape the patterns of genetic diversity within India. Geography has been shown to closely correlate with genetic structure in other pa...

The village of Svinica (Romanian: Sviniţa) is situated in the southern area Romanian Banat, which known as Dunavska klisura Clisura Dunarii). According to historical sources was founded immediately after 1738 and inherited by Serbs. geopolitical possition influenced that it separated from other villages this area. isolation villagers enlarged endogamy practiced until late 1960’s. Even mixed Ser...

Stereotyping and discrimination against hijab-wearing women have been studied extensively in many Western countries, which are home to Muslim diasporas. However, there is a paucity of research on Muslim-majority countries. The purpose this study address gap explore interpersonal attitudes toward both non-hijab-wearing women, Pakistan, Majority country. In paper, we used the presence or absence ...

The success of restoration projects depends on the genetic diversity implanted species. It is a limiting factor, often because seed sources are immersed in highly fragmented landscapes. In this work, we compare juveniles, and adult trees Schinus terebinthifolia Raddi native mixed-species planting, both process remaining natural vegetation Atlantic Forest Biome. Polymorphic DNA fragments using f...

This study aims to find out the Acehnese parents’ attitudes toward their heritage language, Acehnese, and its implication for intergenerational transmission of language in family domain among parents residing two suburbs Lhokseumawe city Aceh Province, Indonesia. qualitative collected data from semi-structured interviews with 20 female who are endogamy families native speakers. The results unde...

Innovation in journalism became an important element to determine the current and future direction of profession. Through incremental cumulative transformations over time, because many obstacles faced inside newsrooms, has suffered from significant fundamental changes, including deployment data journalism. In Latin America, practice seen increasing expansion last years. Nevertheless, there are ...

Mucopolysaccharidosis type VI (MPS VI - Maroteaux-Lamy syndrome) is a globally rare lysosomal storage disease caused by a deficiency of arylsulfatase B. However, in Monte Santo, a poor and isolated rural region in Northeast Brazil with large family sizes and high rates of community endogamy and parental consanguinity (α = 0.00483), 9 living and 4 now deceased individuals in 11 kindreds have bee...