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Genetics and Genomics

Stephen F. Austin State University

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The Effects Of Sugar Consumption And Race On Satisfaction With Body Size And Weight, Diego Rubalcava Aug 2014

The Effects Of Sugar Consumption And Race On Satisfaction With Body Size And Weight, Diego Rubalcava

Undergraduate Research Conference

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Charles Darwin: Evolutionary Theory & The Theatre, Katrina Tarson Apr 2011

Charles Darwin: Evolutionary Theory & The Theatre, Katrina Tarson

Undergraduate Research Conference

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Generation, Cloning, And Expression Of Full-Length Human Evc Gene, Trey Polvadore Apr 2011

Generation, Cloning, And Expression Of Full-Length Human Evc Gene, Trey Polvadore

Undergraduate Research Conference

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When Old-Order Amish Meet New Order Science: Genetic Maladies And The Amish Dilemma, Kelley Downey Mar 2009

When Old-Order Amish Meet New Order Science: Genetic Maladies And The Amish Dilemma, Kelley Downey

Undergraduate Research Conference

The Old World Amish, an Anabaptist Christian domination in the United States and Canada are know for their plain dress, avoidance of modern technology, and separation from the mainstream society.

A traditional agricultural religious group, the Old World Amish maintains isolation from the rest of the community. Financially well-off, they are homogeneous on education, occupation by gender, age at marriage, religion/ethnicity, and health care.

Although the Amish strongly discourage marriage between close cousins, the Lancaster Amish genealogy is described as mutational - inbreeding from multiple, remote connections rather than close consanguinity (first-cousin marriages).

Amish settlements have been identified with certain …