Slavs Are Tough ****ing Heavies.

[Nautilus]

Variability of the 3'ApoB Minisatellite Locus in Eastern Slavonic Populations
Dmitry A. Verbenkoa, A.N. Knjazeva, A.I. Mikulichb, E.K. Khusnutdinovac, N.A. Bebyakovad, S.A. Limborskaa

aInstitute of Molecular Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia,
bInstitute of Arts, Ethnography and Folklore, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Minsk, Belarus,
cInstitute of Biochemistry and Genetics, Ural Branch Academy of Sciences, Ufa, and
dNorth State Medical University, Arkhangelsk, Russia


Address of Corresponding Author

Human Heredity 2005;60:10-18 (DOI: 10.1159/000087338)


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Key Words

Population genetics
Human evolution
Genomics
Apolipoprotein B
Allele frequency distribution

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Abstract

Objective: To describe and compare the 3' apolipoprotein (Apo) B minisatellite allele frequency distributions of Eastern Slavonic populations and their Uralic, Altaic, and Caucasian speaking neighbors. Methods: Healthy individuals of 10 populations among Russians, Byelorussians, Komis and Bashkirs were studied for variable number tandem repeats (VNTRs) in the 3'ApoB minisatellite region. Data were analyzed with other results reported for this polymorphism in eastern Europeans and Siberians. Results: Allele frequency spectra in Eastern Slavonic, Northern Caucasian and Finno-Ugric speaking populations are bimodal with the main peak in alleles 34-36 and a secondary mode around allele 48, whereas Altaic speaking populations have a unimodal allele frequency distribution with a peak of around 34-36 VNTRs. Population relationships were revealed using both multidimensional scaling analysis (based on Nei's genetic distance estimate) and testing for genetic heterogeneity. Eastern Slavonic populations (Russians, Ukrainians, Byelorussians) were most closely related to each other and formed a separate tight clusterwhen plotted. Testing for genetic heterogeneity among the Eastern Slavonic ethnic groups revealed maximum diversity among Byelorussians, followed by Russians, then Ukrainians.The 3'ApoB minisatellite variability reveals little heterogeneityamong the Eastern Slavonic ethnic groups, whereas there wassignificant heterogeneity for Northern Caucasian and Altaic speakers. Conclusion: For this 3'ApoB polymorphism the Eastern Slavonic populations, despite their wide geographical distribution, appear to be much more ****genous than other ethnic groups of the region. Multidimensional scaling analysis of these data allowed for differentiation between individual populations from an ethnic group even if there is little heterogeneity.

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It's kind've like how I am. My grandparents are Scottish, and intermarriage with the English and Italians flat out ****ed up my blood. I am now a mixture of scottish, italian, french, and choctaw. for those of you who don't know what choctaw is, it's native american, or "indian" if that is the term you're used to.

[Hous]

It's kind've like how I am. My grandparents are Scottish, and intermarriage with the English and Italians flat out ****ed up my blood. I am now a mixture of scottish, italian, french, and choctaw. for those of you who don't know what choctaw is, it's native american, or "indian" if that is the term you're used to.

If you are speaking of Italian from the occupation of England by the Holy Roman Empire before 500 AD, that blood line would be so insignificant to even claim it. A factor nontheless.

I dont know Italians got involved in mass with Englan in any other historical event. Maybe you have an Italian grandparent?

[TexDeuce]

And in MMA the best fighter in the world (maybe the best fighter the world has ever seen) is Fedor Emelianenko. And Andre Arlovski, who is Belarusen, dominated the UFC Heavyweight circuit until getting knocked out by Tim Sylvia.

[Banderivets]

Bro, Ukranians and Russians should be one, why the fude, over what? Who is more Russian? We all slavs bottom line, no one is 100% pure. If you claim you are your a nut.

Well I dont agree. Sure we are Slavic and we share some similarities in Culture, but that is the same as comparing a pole to a Ukranian or a Pole to a Russian, or a Croat to a Russian.

We are all Slavic and that should bond us, but we are all different nations, with different cultures and different languages, and indepedent of each other.

Let the Russians be, let the Ukranians be, let the Poles be, let the Croats be

Trying to get them all together in some big great Empire will cause nothing but war

[Nautilus]

Well I dont agree. Sure we are Slavic and we share some similarities in Culture, but that is the same as comparing a pole to a Ukranian or a Pole to a Russian, or a Croat to a Russian.

We are all Slavic and that should bond us, but we are all different nations, with different cultures and different languages, and indepedent of each other.

Let the Russians be, let the Ukranians be, let the Poles be, let the Croats be

Trying to get them all together in some big great Empire will cause nothing but war

That's my view too, but i think Ukrainians, Belorussians, and Russians are closer than other Slavs.

I strongly support Ukrainian/Belorussian independence, but I think we should have an "open border" policy, i.e. a Ukrainian should NOT have to get a visa or work permit to go and work in Russia, and vice versa. I would also allow for the free right to become a citizen -- for instance, if a Ukrainian moves to Russia, let him have citizenship automatically, if he wants to, and vice versa.

Also, there should be more of cultural cooperation, since there was so much shared culture and history, focusing on the best side of it -- like victory over ****s in WWII and the first man in space.

[enadeus]

Well I dont agree. Sure we are Slavic and we share some similarities in Culture, but that is the same as comparing a pole to a Ukranian or a Pole to a Russian, or a Croat to a Russian.

We are all Slavic and that should bond us, but we are all different nations, with different cultures and different languages, and indepedent of each other.

Let the Russians be, let the Ukranians be, let the Poles be, let the Croats be

Trying to get them all together in some big great Empire will cause nothing but war

Well I guess I just think this way because I'm a mix, so I don't see the difference.