Of African Descent? Blackness and the Concept of Origins in Cultural Perspectives
Genealogy, 2018 Over the past decade, the DNA ancestry-testing industry—based largely in the United States—has experienced a huge upsurge in popularity, thanks partly to rapidly developing technologies and the falling prices of products.
Sarah Abel
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I am a Viking! DNA, popular culture and the construction of geneticized identity
New Genetics and Society, 2021 In this article, we analyze how genetic genealogy reshapes popular notions of historical identity, as it facilitates a genetically informed understanding of ethnicity and ancestry.
Daniel Strand, Anna Källén
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The Role of Genetic Evidence in Affiliation Proceedings [PDF]
فقه و حقوق خانواده, 2022 In the last two decades genetic testing has been taken into consideration as a way of vindicating the claim of parentage; therefore, explaining its scientific and legal validity, is particularly necessary.
Parviz Ameri, Hajar Yasininiya
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Sankofa, or “Go Back and Fetch It”: Merging Genealogy and Africana Studies—An Introduction
Genealogy, 2018 With the overwhelming popularity of genealogy-themed television series, genetic genealogy testing, online subscription services for research, and the enduring aphorism of Sankofa, people of African descent are consistently dispelling the long-avowed ...
Kameelah L. Martin, Elizabeth J. West
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Attacks on genetic privacy via uploads to genealogical databases
eLife, 2020 Direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetics services are increasingly popular, with tens of millions of customers. Several DTC genealogy services allow users to upload genetic data to search for relatives, identified as people with genomes that share identical by ...
Michael D Edge, Graham Coop
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Matrilineal fertility inheritance detected in hunter-gatherer populations using the imbalance of gene genealogies. [PDF]
PLoS Genetics, 2006 Fertility inheritance, a phenomenon in which an individual's number of offspring is positively correlated with his or her number of siblings, is a cultural process that can have a strong impact on genetic diversity.
Michael G B Blum +3 more
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Science, 2019 The scientific development of forensic genetic genealogy (FGG), which couples genetic analysis with investigation of publicly available genealogy information, has successfully transformed law enforcement investigations by solving more than 50 cases over the last 18 months in the United States.
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Genetic markers, genealogies and biogeographic patterns in the cladocera [PDF]
Aquatic Ecology, 1998 Cladoceran crustaceans are an important component of zooplankton in a wide range of freshwater habitats. Although the ecological characteristics of several cladoceran species have been well studied, biogeographical studies have been hampered by problematic taxonomic affiliations. However, recently developed molecular techniques, provide a powerful tool
Schwenk, Klaus +6 more
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Ancestry and admixture rates: the matter of evolution in admixture study
Journal of Biological Research, 2012 -
G. Gourjon, A. Degioanni
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“What is the Real Sweden?”: Negotiating a Presented Frame of Identity from within "Allt för Sverige"
Culture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural Research, 2023 While the interest and search for identity through genealogy or family history is not new, the increased mediatization, access, and range of vehicles through which one can engage and learn are.
Karen Ann Blom
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