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The «Amish» NM_000256.3:c.3330+2T>G splice variant in MYBPC3 associated with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is an ancient Swiss mutation

European Journal of Medical Genetics, 2022
MYBPC3 is the most frequently mutated gene in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Several loss-of-function founder variants have been reported in MYBPC3 from various geographic regions, altogether suggestive of a modest or absent effect of these variants on reproductive fitness.
Xavier Jeanrenaud, Andrea Superti-Furga   +1 more
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Who Are the Plain Anabaptists? What Are the Plain Anabaptists? [PDF]

The Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies, 2013
I define the plain Anabaptists by answering two essential questions: “Who are the plain Anabaptists” and “What are the plain Anabaptists?” In asking “Who are the plain Anabaptists?” I investigate several dimensions of identity. First, I trace the history
Cory Anderson
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Realignment and Division in the Amish Community of Allen County, Indiana: A Historical Narrative

Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies, 2013
The Amish have long faced disagreement over matters of internal policy and adoption of external ideas like evangelical emphases. In Allen County, Indiana, several branches of Anabaptists have developed from the original Swiss Amish settlers because of ...
Christopher Petrovich
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Total Fertility and Interbirth Intervals Among Selected Swiss Amish Communities

The Journal of Plain Anabaptist Communities
Recent demographic studies of the Amish consistently find that their families remain large, yet there is variation, especially when comparing fertility and other population characteristics across different affiliations. This article explores the Swiss Amish, a group for which demographic studies are practically non-existent. Based on data from the four
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The persistently high fertility of a North American population: A 25-year restudy of parity among the Ohio Amish [PDF]

Population Studies, 2021
Cory Anderson
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An Old Order (Tobe) Account of the Schisms of Sam Yoder, Abe Troyer-Jake Stutzman, Tobe Hostetler, Joe L. Schwartz, and Seymour, Missouri: An English Translation of Eine Untersuchung in die Alt Amische Gemein von 1922 Bis zu 1974 [An Examination in the Old Amish Brotherhood from 1922 to 1974]

The Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies, 2019
This is a German-to-English translation of a report describing several Amish schisms where the main dispute concerned the Bann (excommunication), Meidung (shunning), and the full council of the brotherhood prior to these actions.
Gregory Sheets, Dan Raber, Cory Anderson
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An Account of the Schisms between the Troyer-Stutzman & Tobe Churches and the Old Older & Andy Weaver Churches: An English Translation of John Y. Schlabach’s Begebenheiten von die Alte Amishe Gemeinde von Holmes und Wayne County, Ohio und Adams County, Indiana von 1938 bis zu 1958 [Occurrences in the Old Amish Brotherhoods from Holmes and Wayne County, Ohio, and Adams County, Indiana, from 1938 to 1958]

The Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies, 2019
This compilation includes two sections. The first addresses the schism of the Tobe Hostetler Church and the Troyer-Stutzman Church beginning in 1938 in the Holmes-Wayne Counties, OH, area.
Gregory Sheets, Dan Raber, Cory Anderson
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The Pure Church Movement

The Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies, 2018
The “Pure Church Movement” is introduced as a plain Anabaptist revival that unfolded in American, Canadian, and Latin American Swiss Mennonite, Russian Mennonite, and Amish churches over the course of the 20th century. It was an intentional return to the
Peter Hoover
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Founder population-specific weights yield improvements in performance of polygenic risk scores for Alzheimer disease in the Midwestern Amish. [PDF]

HGG Adv, 2023
Osterman MD, Song YE, Lynn A, Miskimen K, Adams LD, Laux RA, Caywood LJ, Prough MB, Clouse JE, Herington SD, Slifer SH, Fuzzell SL, Hochstetler SD, Main LR, Dorfsman DA, Zaman AF, Ogrocki P, Lerner AJ, Vance JM, Cuccaro ML, Scott WK, Pericak-Vance MA, Haines JL.   +22 more
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Visuospatial and Verbal Memory Differences in Amish Individuals With Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementias. [PDF]

Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord, 2023
Prough MB, Zaman A, Caywood LJ, Clouse JE, Herington SD, Slifer SH, Dorfsman DA, Adams LA, Laux RA, Song YE, Lynn A, Fuzzell D, Fuzzell SL, Miller SD, Miskimen K, Main LR, Osterman MD, Ogrocki P, Lerner AJ, Vance JM, Haines JL, Scott WK, Pericak-Vance M, Cuccaro ML.   +23 more
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