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DNA IN FORENSICS 2012: “EXPLORING THE PHYLOGENIES” 5th EMPOP Meeting 8th Y-Chromosomal User Workshop Innsbruck, Sep 06-08 2012 http://dna2012.gerichtsmedizin.at/files/DNA_in_Forensics_2012.pdf "Refined characterization of Portuguese mtDNA variability for forensic purposes" Rocha A1...

Since 2000, Neonatal screening for sickle cell disease (SCD) in France has been performed at national level for all newborns defined as being "at risk" for SCD based on ethnic origin. A new study posted in 2012 about "Neonatal screening for sickle cell disease (SCD) in France" shows that...

Very often in this forum and elsewhere, a few people try to demonstrate that there si no L mtDna haplogroups in Spain by quoting a study from Rhouda et al. 2006. "Human mitochondrial DNA as a molecular tool for population studies; the case of North Morocco", Rhouda et al. 2006. Indeed, it...

Dienekes is posting some of the more interesting abstracts from the upcoming ICHG 61st annual meeting in Montreal, in October. http://dienekes.blogspot.com/2011/08/ichg-2011-abstracts-are-onlineic.html Here is one we are definitely looking forward to: LD patterns in dense variation data...

For many years people had wrong ideas about Moorish influence in Portugal. But recently, admixture and haplogroup analysis (Y-Dna and mtDna) on large samples both prove that Moorish admixture is real in some Iberian ethnic groups like Portuguese. "North African" admixture in Portuguese...