GSTT1 and GSTM1 null variants in Mestizo and Amerindian populations from northwestern Mexico and a literature review [PDF]
Genetics and Molecular Biology, 2017 The GSTT1 and GSTM1 genes are key molecules in cellular detoxification. Null variants in these genes are associated with increase susceptibility to developing different types of cancers.
Luz Elena Palma-Cano +10 more
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A systematic literature review on the European, African and Amerindian genetic ancestry components on Brazilian health outcomes [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2019 The variables such as race, skin colour and ethnicity have become intensely discussed in medicine research, as a response to the rising debate over the importance of the ethnic-racial dimension in the scope of health-disease processes.
Fabiana dos Santos Carolino Firmo Pereira +5 more
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Is there are relationship between polymorphisms TSHR gene frequencies and genetic ancestry markers in patients with Primary Congenital Hypothyroidism? [PDF]
Genetics and Molecular BiologyThe literature shows a correlation between ethnicity and pathogenic variants of the thyroid stimulating hormone receptor (TSHR) gene. Some of these polymorphisms may be risk factors for the development of primary congenital hypothyroidism (PCH).
Erik Artur Cortinhas-Alves +5 more
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Identity, Displacement and Memory: A Decolonial Approach to Amerindian and African American Literature of the Americas [PDF]
Mester, 2020 In this essay, I will focus on this issue by briefly analyzing the representation of identitarian displacement in creative writings of Black and Amerindian authors from the Americas and thereby revealing the impact of the colonial past on present–day lived experience.
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New Y-SNPs in QM3 indigenous populations of Colombia. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2023 In evolutionary studies of human populations based on the Y chromosome, the majority of Native Americans belong to the QM3 lineage. Therefore, to study the history of groups inhabiting northern South America, it is necessary to have a higher resolution ...
Marisol Espitia Fajardo +3 more
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Author Correction: A systematic literature review on the European, African and Amerindian genetic ancestry components on Brazilian health outcomes [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2020 An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.
Pereira, Fabiana dos Santos Carolino Firmo +5 more
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The Power of Blood: The sickness and Spiritual Vulnerability in Southern Guyana
Revista Estudos Feministas, 2023 In this article, the author puts the existing literature on gendered personhood and space and the relationships between bodily fluids and the spirit world in dialogue with a specific ethnographic account of the sickness in Southern Guyana.
Courtney Stafford-Walter
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Genetic Ancestry and Asthma and Rhinitis Occurrence in Hispanic Children: Findings from the Southern California Children's Health Study. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Asthma and rhinitis are common childhood health conditions. Being an understudied and rapidly growing population in the US, Hispanic children have a varying risk for these conditions that may result from sociocultural (including acculturative factors ...
Muhammad T Salam +3 more
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Pre-colonial Amerindian legacies in forest composition of southern Brazil.
PLoS ONE, 2020 Past human societies have left persistent marks on forests worldwide. However, the degree to which pre-colonial Amerindian societies have affected forest structure is still not fully understood, especially in southern Brazil.
Aline Pereira Cruz +5 more
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Makunaima(s): Poetic of Metamorphosis
Iberoamericana. América Latina - España - Portugal, 2020 This article analyzes the trajectory of Makunaima, a myth originally collected by the German ethnologist Theodor Koch-Grünberg, among the Taurepang people, on the border between Brazil, Venezuela and British Guiana.
Christian Fischgold
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