From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Thu Jun 10 23:00:00 1993 Path: biosci!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!gatech!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!concert!decwrl!morrow.stanford.edu!usenet From: andres@wilson.Stanford.EDU (Andres Ruiz) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: DNA fingerprints Message-ID: <1vadu3$rtt@morrow.stanford.edu> Date: 11 Jun 93 17:04:03 GMT Organization: Stanford University Lines: 12 NNTP-Posting-Host: wilson.stanford.edu Does any one out there know about recent work on the use of DNA fingerprints (multilocus or combined form single VNTR loci) to analyse population structure? The most recent work I have seen is on the California Chanel Island fox (Gilbert et al. Nature 344:764-767- 1990). -- Andres RUIZ LINARES M.D., Ph.D. Department of Genetics Stanford University Medical School Stanford CA 94305 Phone: (415) 723-65-06 Fax: (415) 725-15-34 From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Thu Jun 10 23:00:00 1993 Path: biosci!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!gatech!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!concert!decwrl!morrow.stanford.edu!usenet From: andres@wilson.Stanford.EDU (Andres Ruiz) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: DNA fingerprints Message-ID: <1vadvv$s5q@morrow.stanford.edu> Date: 11 Jun 93 17:05:03 GMT Organization: Stanford University Lines: 12 NNTP-Posting-Host: wilson.stanford.edu Does any one out there know about recent work on the use of DNA fingerprints (multilocus or combined form single VNTR loci) to analyse population structure? The most recent work I have seen is on the California Chanel Island fox (Gilbert et al. Nature 344:764-767- 1990). -- Andres RUIZ LINARES M.D., Ph.D. Department of Genetics Stanford University Medical School Stanford CA 94305 Phone: (415) 723-65-06 Fax: (415) 725-15-34 From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Thu Jun 10 23:00:00 1993 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!concert!decwrl!morrow.stanford.edu!usenet From: andres@wilson.Stanford.EDU (Andres Ruiz) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: DNA fingerprints Message-ID: <1vae1v$seh@morrow.stanford.edu> Date: 11 Jun 93 17:06:07 GMT Organization: Stanford University Lines: 13 NNTP-Posting-Host: wilson.stanford.edu Does any one out there know about recent work on the use of DNA fingerprints (multilocus or combined form single VNTR loci) to analyse population structure? The most recent work I have seen is on the California Chanel Island fox (Gilbert et al. Nature 344:764-767- 1990). -- Andres RUIZ LINARES M.D., Ph.D. Department of Genetics Stanford University Medical School Stanford CA 94305 Phone: (415) 723-65-06 Fax: (415) 725-15-34 From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Thu Jun 10 23:00:00 1993 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!concert!decwrl!morrow.stanford.edu!usenet From: andres@wilson.Stanford.EDU (Andres Ruiz) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: DNA fingerprints Message-ID: <1vae0q$saj@morrow.stanford.edu> Date: 11 Jun 93 17:05:30 GMT Organization: Stanford University Lines: 12 NNTP-Posting-Host: wilson.stanford.edu Does any one out there know about recent work on the use of DNA fingerprints (multilocus or combined form single VNTR loci) to analyse population structure? The most recent work I have seen is on the California Chanel Island fox (Gilbert et al. Nature 344:764-767- 1990). -- Andres RUIZ LINARES M.D., Ph.D. Department of Genetics Stanford University Medical School Stanford CA 94305 Phone: (415) 723-65-06 Fax: (415) 725-15-34 From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Wed Jun 16 23:00:00 1993 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!darwin.sura.net!udel!news.intercon.com!psinntp!uuneo!sugar!claird From: claird@NeoSoft.com (Cameron Laird) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban,sci.bio,bionet.general,bionet.population-bio,bionet.biology.tropical Subject: Birds do it (was: Cats pump rabbits/Soon we will all be Yoda) Message-ID: Date: 17 Jun 93 15:17:45 GMT References: <1vl086$3je@umd5.umd.edu> <1993Jun16.000525.13805@iscsvax.uni.edu> Followup-To: sci.bio,bionet.population-bio Organization: NeoSoft Communications Services -- (713) 684-5900 Lines: 48 Xref: biosci alt.folklore.urban:32448 sci.bio:3820 bionet.general:5195 bionet.population-bio:440 bionet.biology.tropical:222 In article <1993Jun16.000525.13805@iscsvax.uni.edu> klier@iscsvax.uni.edu writes: >In article <1vl086$3je@umd5.umd.edu>, Bill Williams writes, >referring to ring species and species definitions: >> "As long as gene flow occurs between two populations, they belong to >> the same species even if their members cannot breed together. For . . . >By this definition, most of the Orchidaceae, the largest family of >flowering plants, becomes a single species... > >In truth, there doesn't seem to be a simple definition of species >appropriate to all groups of organisms -- the best I'm able >to come up with, is "A species is a group delineated a competent taxonomist >familiar with the organisms in question." (yes, tongue in cheek). . . . Kay is, of course, quite right in pointing out to what extent some of the other kingdoms mock our zoo-centric "definitions". My proposal is that we give up on (well, at least postpone for a bit) definition-hunting, and pursue the study of particular cases. One that caught my eye recently is Parsons, Thomas J., Storrs L. Olson, and Michael J. Braun 1993 "Unidirectional Spread of Secondary Plumage Traits Across an Avian Hy- brid Zone", Science, volume 260, pages 1643-1646 (11 June 1993) As the abstract summarizes, "Theory predicts that traits under positive selection can rapidly cross a hybrid zone in spite of a substantial barrier to neutral gene flow between hybridizing taxa. An avian hybrid zone ... is reported here that displays an unusual patter of noncoincident clines. ... [S]exual sel- ection is driving male sexual traits across the zone." I wish I could come up with something novel, but sexual selection continues to be, as a number of senior biologists have publicly opined, the big story we need to understand. I've adjusted follow-ups a bit. -- Cameron Laird claird@Neosoft.com (claird%Neosoft.com@uunet.uu.net) +1 713 267 7966 claird@litwin.com (claird%litwin.com@uunet.uu.net) +1 713 996 8546 From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Wed Jun 16 23:00:00 1993 Path: biosci!ANTHRO.UTAH.EDU!rogers From: rogers@ANTHRO.UTAH.EDU (Alan R. Rogers) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Snowbird weather Message-ID: <9306180005.AA07895@anthro.utah.edu> Date: 18 Jun 93 00:05:15 GMT Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: bionet Lines: 21 This announcement is for the benefit of people who may now be packing for the joint meetings of the Society for the Study of Evolution, the American Society of Naturalists, and the Society of Systematic Biologists, which are being held this year at Snowbird, near Salt Lake City UT. During the past few days the temperature has ranged from a low of about 40 to a high in the low 70s. It is raining now, but a warming trend is predicted over the weekend. They still have snow, a few people are still skiing, and at least one lift has been operating on weekends. Bring a sweater. Alan R. Rogers INTERNET : rogers@anthro.utah.edu USMAIL : Dept. of Anthropology, Univ. of Utah, S.L.C., UT 84112 WORK PHONE: (801) 581-5529 HOME PHONE: (801) 486-6013 FAX : (801) 581-6252 From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Thu Jun 17 23:00:00 1993 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!newsserver.jvnc.net!rutgers!flop.ENGR.ORST.EDU!gaia.ucs.orst.edu!capella.labvis.unam.mx!rmm From: rmm@capella.labvis.unam.mx (Ricardo Mercado Mendoza) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Huron's food Message-ID: <1vrcl3$maj@gaia.ucs.orst.edu> Date: 18 Jun 93 03:26:27 GMT Organization: University of British Columbia Lines: 2 NNTP-Posting-Host: capella.labvis.unam.mx What can a Domestic Huron(Mustela) eat? From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Thu Jun 17 23:00:00 1993 Path: biosci!uwm.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsserver.jvnc.net!yale.edu!not-for-mail From: bell-peter@yale.edu (Peter Bell) Newsgroups: sci.bio,bionet.population-bio Subject: Re: Birds do it (was: Cats pump rabbits/Soon we will all be Yoda) Message-ID: <1vrdd6INNljo@MINERVA.CIS.YALE.EDU> Date: 18 Jun 93 03:39:18 GMT References: <1vl086$3je@umd5.umd.edu> <1993Jun16.000525.13805@iscsvax.uni.edu> Organization: Yale University Science & Engineering UNIX(tm), New Haven, CT 06520-2158 Lines: 11 Xref: biosci sci.bio:3833 bionet.population-bio:443 NNTP-Posting-Host: minerva.cis.yale.edu In article claird@NeoSoft.com (Cameron Laird) writes: >Kay is, of course, quite right in pointing out to what extent >some of the other kingdoms mock our zoo-centric "definitions". Man, I hate it when the fungi laugh at me.... -Peter bell@minerva.cis.yale.edu (but when they laugh *with* me, that's ok...) From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Mon Jun 21 23:00:00 1993 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!darwin.sura.net!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!umn.edu!uum1!mac.cc.macalstr.edu!shockert From: shockert@mac.cc.macalstr.edu Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Clamity Message-ID: <1993Jun22.153610.6601@mac.cc.macalstr.edu> Date: 22 Jun 93 21:36:10 GMT Organization: Macalester College Lines: 17 hi folks, due to the rains in the last week, the Cannon River in southern Minnesota has flooded, leaving us freshwater mussel people indoors to ponder the question of growth bands and giving us too much free time. Does anyone have any ideas about randomness of the distribution of freshwater mussels (particularly unionids, but not exclusively) in different types of substrate? I've noticed a tendency for mussels to inhabit rockier substrates, but at the same time see a fairly random distribution of particular species. What might influence the distribution: behavior of fish hosts, river current (we are assuming a river environment-I forgot to mention), stability of substrate, ability of different substrates to accomodate nutrients, anything else? Any ideas would be great and sources of field studies would be wonderful. Incidentally, two such field studies are in the process concurrently at the St. Croix River in Minnesota and the Cannon River in Minnesota through Macalester College and Carleton College, respectively. Thanks, and I hope the summer is well for everyone Shawn From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Tue Jun 22 23:00:00 1993 Path: biosci!bcm!cs.utexas.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!purdue!mentor.cc.purdue.edu!npirs!pneel From: pneel@CERIS.Purdue.EDU (Paul Neel) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio,sci.bio,misc.health.diabetes,sci.anthropology,sci.med.nutrition,sci.med,sci.research Subject: Help! Research Proj: diabetes/alcohol/Pima Message-ID: <1993Jun23.143904.13905@CERIS.Purdue.EDU> Date: 23 Jun 93 14:39:04 GMT Organization: Center for Environmental and Regulatory Information Systems, Purdue University Lines: 48 Xref: biosci bionet.population-bio:445 sci.bio:3905 misc.health.diabetes:1167 sci.anthropology:2257 sci.med.nutrition:3502 sci.med:17357 sci.research:947 The following is posted on behalf of my wife to facilitate the realization of a dream. She has worked full- time + and simultaneously earned her baccalaureate degree in under six years. She is now working half-time and is hoping to complete her doctorate before she is too old to use it. Paul Neel ___________________________________________________________ I am a graduate student in Anthropology at Purdue University. I am currently working on research involving the Piman speaking peoples of the Gila and Salt reservations of Arizona. My query concerns the high incidence of diabetes in these peoples and how it may or may not correlate with the high incidence of alcoholism. The information that I need concerns the current rate of diabetes in that population. I have found articles concerning the past percentages of diabetics in the native American population and the Pima population in particular; I have found results of experiments among the Pima where the percentage was so high that control groups had to be solicited from the outside population; my problem is that none of these articles gives the current percentage of the population that is thought to carry the genetic predisposition to the disease. The primary information that I need is: * the current incidence of diabetes in that population, * the current percentage of genetic predisposition, * the current incidence of alcoholism. If you have information relative to these specific anomalies or to related medical/genetic/social anomalies of this population, I would appreciate access to it. If you know of library or other resource references to these problems/conditions, I would appreciate appropriate references. If you know of persons who have knowledge of, or who are studying these problems/conditions, I would appreciate contact information. Please respond by e-mail. I have pursued the obvious research routes available locally but I know there is more information out there. Thank you. Mary-Ann Neel From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Tue Jun 29 23:00:00 1993 Path: biosci!bcm!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!pipex!uknet!mcsun!sun4nl!fwi.uva.nl!stolk From: stolk@fwi.uva.nl (Bram) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Simulating chromosome distribution. Message-ID: <20s2fe$qod@mail.fwi.uva.nl> Date: 30 Jun 93 12:55:10 GMT Organization: FWI, University of Amsterdam Lines: 128 NNTP-Posting-Host: carol.fwi.uva.nl Hi, I have been wandering about a far relative of mine. We both have a common great grand father. Since I think the relative is a bit 'wacky' and 'weird' I was wondering: How much are we actually alike? I mean this in: how many of my genes are the same as his? So me and my far relative teamed up to do some math. We failed desperately, since we concluded on 12.5% As it turns outm, the math behind it is VERY simple, but to find out we had to do some coding (we both have MSc's in computer Science) We came up with the following code: ------- cut here and you'll mess up a perfectly OK monitor ---- #include int size; int *pool0,*poola1,*poolb1,*poola2,*poolb2,*poola3,*poolb3; void fuck(pool,size,newpool) int *pool; int size; int *newpool; { int marked=0; int pick; while (marked Date: 30 Jun 93 20:38:15 GMT Sender: news@blaze.cs.jhu.edu (Usenet news system) Organization: Johns Hopkins Computer Science Department, Baltimore, MD Lines: 15 X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL0] -- I have just been asked by a friend if it would be possible to find out about what percentage of budgets go toward computing needs. I don't know weather anyone out there can provide me with this information -- if not, does anyone know where one might look? My friend is especially interested in knowing the figures in fields of demography/ population dynamics. Thank You... David Wang _______________________________________________________________________________ David J. Wang Salmon Buffer (pH = 6.2) wang_dj@server.cs.jhu.edu SalmonH <-> Salmon- + H+ _______________________________________________________________________________