Genetics

Found an association between lower kidney volumes and higher blood pressures and albuminuria in an Australian Aboriginal community from a remote coastal island. Data suggests that higher blood pressures linked with low birth weight may be mediated by a lower number of nephrons in addition to other theoretical factors.

Results indicate a stronger argument for the single migration theory from Asia than multiple migrations.

Instructors from Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community Colleges attend conferences, develop materials for specific tribal issues through use of a Tribal Learning Community model.

Study compares genetic and environmental attributes of the Sandy Lake Oji-Cree and the Keeewatin Inuit in an attempt to explain disease prevalence in the two communities.

Reports on the forensic investigation involving a body which was found in 1999 in a melting glacier.

Biochemistry and Medical Genetics Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Manitoba, 2001.

Studies additional linkage analyses on a B.C. family and in a newly identified Manitoba Mennonite family with X-linked cleft palate and ankyloglossia.

Study findings indicate significant linkage was present to support a role for NRAMP1 or genes closely linked to it in susceptibility to active tuberculosis disease.

Results from a genome wide scan on three DNA pools of samples from 13 patients, 16 unaffected siblings, and 22 parents from five families of Ojibway-Cree in northwestern Quebec.

Study confirms that short tandem repeat polymorphisms (STRP) are good markers for the distinction of continental groups.

Chapter 2 from: Multiplying and Dividing: Tuberculosis in Canada and Aotearoa New Zealand edited by Judith Littleton, Julie Park, Ann Herring and Tracy Farmer. Scroll down to page 22 to read chapter.

Evidence that two probands within COFS syndrome which was originally reported have cellular phenotypes indistinguishable from those in cockayne syndrome (CS) cells, which suggests that CS and COFS syndrome share a common pathogenesis.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Davis, 2006.

Presents metabolic syndrome which increases the risk of type 2 diabetes and coronary heart disease. The study examines prevalence and genetic aspects of the syndrome in the Oji-Cree.

Discussion of Y chromosome markers that are mainly restricted to North American Aboriginal males.

Study concludes that a single gene mutation causes North American Indian Childhood Cirrhosis, a distinct and severe form of familial cholestasis, which occurs in aboriginal children in the Abitibi region of northwestern Quebec.

[Anthropology] Thesis (Ph.D.)--Ohio State University, 2003.

Even though Taino culture has been extinct for centuries, mitochondrial DNA evidence suggests that some Taino facial traits are still present.

Discussion of the mitrochondrial DNA (mtDNA) specific locations on the chromosome of A-D, NRY and P-M45a and Q-242/Q-M3, with the observation that these were dispersed throughout the entire Americas.

Looks at data collected on Macro-Siouan hypothesis and the relationship of the language spoken by the Sahnish to other languages.

Argues that through their research they have determined there is a common origin among peoples who migrated to the Americas.

Presents evidence of mitrochrondrial DNA of the haplogroup M, a group that is common in East Asia, but had never before been reported for Indigenous populations in North American. Estimates put the time frame at about five thousand years before present.

Findings emphasize need for continual monitoring of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) to determine the effects of vaccination.

Anatomy and Cell Biology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Queen's University at Kingston, 1997.

Concludes that about 34,000 years before present (YBP) ancient Beringia had Haplogroups A, C, and D and that a second migration brought haplogroup B, probably from Siberia.

Genetic Counseling Program Thesis (M.Sc.)--Brandeis University, 2009.

Discusses both the genetic disposition and the environmental factors surrounding the high incidence of PBC.

Explores involvement with the Nagoya Protocol which governs access to genetic resources and the equitable sharing of the benefits.

Book review of: Native American DNA by Kim TallBear.

Book review of: Native American DNA by Kim Tallbear. Scroll down to page 189 to read review.

Book review of: Native American DNA by Kim Tallbear.

Book review of: Native American DNA by Kim Tallbear.

Study confirms that priorities for both researchers and Indigenous populations needs to be taken into account to ensure a mutually satisfying outcome.

Communication Thesis (Ph.D.)--Simon Fraser University, 2004.

Argues that the thrifty genotype hypothesis for diabetes presupposes the presence of a non-thrifty genotype.

Study sequenced loops 4, 5, and 6 of nonencapsulated Haemophilus influenza P2 porin gene, characterizing several strains that had prolonged carriage times. The authors suggest that there has been transfer of the P2 gene between strains.

"Appointed to investigate the physical characteristics, languages, and industrial and social conditions of the people of British Columbia."

Study identified a third immunological mutation in this isolated population, which points to the need for newborn screenings in this high-risk population.

Explores the biological predispositions and potential environmental factors that contribute to the high incidence of obesity and type 2 diabetes.

Allied Health Sciences Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Oklahoma, 2009.

Book Review of: Old World Roots of the Cherokee by Donald N. Yates

Bibliography contains over 500 entries on health issues indexed by topic, author, ethnic and language group, or place name.

Report on research to identify the gene responsible for a novel form of this debilitating condition in a small First Nations community in Quebec.

Reports on the clinical, radiological, and histological features of four children and four adults with the disease.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Manitoba, 2013.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Utah, 2002.

Brief article examines linkages of DNA markers related to glucose metabolism.