... pedigrees is not trivial and requires considerable time and cost. Here, we describe the creation of the Intermountain Genealogy Registry for use in studying the genetics of cardiovascular and other diseases. Methods: Using publicly available pedigree records and probabilistic linkage techniques, we created...

...S. Nordström; B. Cedergren In the county of Västerbotten in northern Sweden, a large number of individuals with the rare blood group p have been found. The ancestors of all known 31 cases were studied genealogically, and the data showed that about one half of all cases (15 out of 31 in 9 out of 20...

...A.W.F. Edwards The structure of the genealogy of the Polar Eskimos from the Thule District of North Greenland is studied by a variety of computational and graphical means, some of them novel. It is shown that although the level of inbreeding in the population is low, the genealogy is intricately...

..., instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Autosomal recessive disorders Consanguinity Family distances Genealogy Hum Hered 1991;41:12-16 © 1991 S. Karger A G , Basel 0001-5652/91/0411-0012 S 2.75/0 Family Distances as a Measure of Hidden Consanguinity A Reappraisal...

... achromatopsia might be different expressions of the same gene. A tendency towards a heterozygotic manifestation of the gene was found. Congenital achromatopsia with amblyopia Complete and incomplete achromatopsia Colour blindness Heterozygotic manifestation Genealogy Northern Sweden Hum. Hered. 30...

...) genealogical records and (2) estimate YSTR mutation rates. Methods: Nine YSTR markers were genotyped in 739 Old Order Amish males who participated in several ongoing genetic studies of complex traits and could be connected into one of 28 all-male lineage pedigrees constructed using the Anabaptist Genealogy...

... in the analyses. The extension of linkage disequilibrium (LD) regions has been evaluated on autosomes and on a region of the X chromosome. We defined a study sample population on the basis of the genealogy and exogamy data. We found in this population a few different mitochondrial and Y chromosome haplotypes...