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The association between sarcopenia susceptibility and polymorphisms of FTO, ACVR2B, and IRS1 in Tibetans

Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine, 2021
Background Hypoxia within the plateau has a negative effect on skeletal muscle and may play a role in the development of sarcopenia in humans. Tibetans having lived in the Qinghai‐Tibet Plateau for thousands of years, are a high‐risk group for sarcopenia;
Xianpeng Zhang, Liping Ye, Xin Li, Ying Chen, Yaqiong Jiang, Wenhui Li, Youfeng Wen   +6 more
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Quantitative trait loci at the 11q23.3 chromosomal region related to dyslipidemia in the population of Andhra Pradesh, India

Lipids in Health and Disease, 2017
Background Given the characteristic atherogenic dyslipidemia of south Indian population and crucial role of APOA1, APOC3, APOA4 and APOA5 genes clustered in 11q23.3 chromosomal region in regulating lipoprotein metabolism and cholesterol homeostasis, a ...
Rayabarapu Pranavchand, Battini Mohan Reddy   +1 more
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Association of some dietary ingredients, vitamin D, estrogen, and obesity polymorphic receptor genes with bone mineral density in a sample of obese Egyptian women

Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, 2021
Background Although many environmental factors play an important role in bone mass density (BMD) variation, genetic influences account for 60–85% of individual variance.
Nayera E. Hassan, Salwa M. El Shebini, Sahar A. El-Masry, Nihad H. Ahmed, Ghada Nour Eldeen, Enas A. Rasheed, Manal M. Aly, Khhadija M. Alian, Mahmoud A S. Afify, Aya Khalil   +9 more
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Allostatic load and biological anthropology [PDF]

American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 2017
AbstractMultiple stressors affect developing and adult organisms, thereby partly structuring their phenotypes. Determining how stressors influence health, well‐being, and longevity in human and nonhuman primate populations are major foci within biological anthropology.
Ashley N, Edes, Douglas E, Crews
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Serum apelin levels and metabolic risk markers in obese women

Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, 2017
Background: Adipose tissue hormones, Adipokines, play an important role in obesity-associated complications. Apelin has recently been added to the family of adipokines.
Moushira Zaki, Sanaa Kamal, Wafaa Ezzat, Naglaa Hassan, Walaa Yousef, Hanaa Ryad, Ramy Mohamed, Eman Youness, Walaa Basha, Yasser Elhosary   +9 more
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Intragroup variation in the Pre-Columbian Cuba population: A perspective from cranial morphology

Anthropological Review, 2021
The paper aims to study intragroup variation inside the two pre-Columbian Cuban populations: the aceramic Archaic and the ceramic Taino groups, based on their cranial morphology.
Syutkina Taisiya, Pérez Mario Juan Gordillo, Godoy Silvia Teresita Hernández, Antúnez Carlos Arredondo, Rivero Armando Rangel   +4 more
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Mesolithic and Chalcolithic Mandibular Morphology: Using Geometric Morphometrics to Reconstruct Incomplete Specimens and Analyse Morphology

Open Archaeology, 2022
Human skeletal remains are routinely used to examine cultural and biological aspects of past populations. Yet, archaeological specimens are frequently fragmented/incomplete and so excluded from analyses.
Godinho Ricardo Miguel, Umbelino Cláudia, Gonçalves Célia   +2 more
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Energy Anthropology [PDF]

, 2021
TRISTAN LOLOUM, SIMONE ABRAM, and NATHALIE ORTAR, eds. 2021. Ethnographies of Power: A Political Anthropology of Energy. EASA Series 42. New York, N.Y: Berghahn Books, pp.
Groupp, Emilia
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Assessment of nutritional status using anthropometric variables by multivariate analysis

BMC Public Health, 2019
Background Undernutrition is a serious health problem and highly prevalent in developing countries. There is no as such confirmatory test to measure undernutrition.
Ankita Bhattacharya, Baidyanath Pal, Shankarashis Mukherjee, Subrata Kumar Roy   +3 more
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Adoption of EXPLORATIONS: An Open Invitation To Biological Anthropology

, 2022
This is an adoption of a new open text for Introduction to Biological Anthropology: EXPLORATIONS is the first comprehensive, peer-reviewed open access textbook for biological anthropology courses.
Maggiano, Isabel, Gezon, Lisa, Maggiano, Corey   +2 more
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