Talmi's method of calculating coefficients of fractional parentage to states forbidden by the Pauli principle. Abstract In a previous work we studied the effects of setting all two body T=0 matrix elements to zero in shell model calculations for 43 Ti (43 Sc) and 44 Ti. The results for 44 Ti were surprisingly good despite the severity of this approximation. We found degeneracies in this approxi...

In attempting to evaluate the performance of a first grade child of foreign parentage, one is confronted with this problem: What allowance should be made for linguistic shortcomings?1 In the study presented here the authors were able to give the Detroit First Grade Tests, Form A, to some 340 children.2 The children speak either English or Italian or both and no other language groups are present...

In this review an attempt is made to list the most important events in the search for genetic markers in the blood of animals. In chronological order, blood groups, biochemical polymorphisms, lymphocyte antigens and DNA markers have been discovered and used in practice. Of all practical uses, parentage verification and exclusion are regarded as the most important, and it can be said with pride ...

Most theories of kin selection assume that animals are able to distinguish relatives from non-relatives. This is especially difficult in situations where mixed parentage precludes that relatedness is recognised by familiarity. Recent work shows that, within the same brood, young bluegill sunfish that are fathered by cuckolders--but not those sired by parental males--pick out their relatives usi...

We isolated and characterized 11 microsatellite loci in the Mona Island iguana (Cyclura cornuta stejnegeri). Eleven loci exhibit moderate to high allelic diversity (two to 12 alleles, mean = 4.5) and polymorphism (mean observed heterozygosity, 0.56; range, 0.26 to 0.78) in 41 adults. This marker set has low probability of identity and high parentage exclusion power and will be suitable for stud...

We present a software package for fast pedigree reconstruction in natural populations using co-dominant genomic markers such as microsatellites and SNPs. If available, the algorithm makes use of prior information such as known relationships (sub-pedigrees) or the age and sex of individuals. Statistical confidence is estimated by a simulation of the sampling process. The parentage inference is r...

A 3-month-old boy was referred for the evaluation of numerous reddish bumps all over the body, present since birth. Second-born of a non-consanguineous parentage, the baby was normally delivered and was otherwise healthy. Examination showed numerous bright red papules – some with erythematous base – distributed over the trunk, limbs, face, and genitalia (Fig. 1). Abdominal ultrasonography was n...

aware, is to educate the children of British soldiers and others serving in Rajputana and Western India. There were 66-98 boarders on the rolls, and 78 remained at the close of the year (43 boys and 35 girls). 91 per cent, of these are of pure European parentage. 24 new pupils were admitted and 7 withdrawn. Three of the latter obtained employment. One girl was adopted by a family in Abu, a boy ...

We report the development of 18 new polymorphic microsatellite DNA markers derived from Crassostrea gigas expressed sequences tags. Genotyping of 48 wild adult oysters sampled from Marennes-Oléron bay (France) revealed 12 to 48 alleles per locus. Observed and expected heterozygosity levels ranged from 0.64 to 1 and from 0.77 to 0.97, respectively. The development of these new markers creates a ...