An extreme variation of the short arm of no. 21 chromosome in the mother of a 21/21 translocation mongol is described. The possible relation between the very long short arm of chromosome no. 21 in the mother and a centric fusion type of translocation mongolism in the offspring is discussed.

The article is devoted to the topic of acculturation Mongol conquerors in China after conquest by first heirs Genghis Khan and creation Yuan Empire — state China. history 13th-14th centuries, when country was conquered its neighbors, a vivid example relationship between nomadic centuries-old sedentary ethnos. At that time, Chinese language teachings Confucius became instruments for Mongols. Hav...

In a previous communication (Smith and Record, 1955) it was observed that there appeared to be an association between mongolism and primogeniture which invites investigation of the fertility of mothers of mongols. Such a study is by no means new. It has been attempted by many previous workers, prompted perhaps by the observations that the risk of producing a mongol increases sharply with advanc...

During the past year the Museum's collection of Islamic art has been greatly enriched by several important purchases, gifts, and bequests. The bequest of twenty ceramics and two Persian rugs by Horace Havemeyer has already been discussed in a separate Bulletin article (May I957). One of the most notable additions was the Cora Timken Burnett Bequest of Persian miniatures and other art objects, w...

the muslims who, in the early centuries of a.h. and before the mongol domination over the islamic land, possessed a vast part of the world’s prosperous and residential regions, constructed many cities and in light of islamic teachings, held a premium culture and civilization, whose eminent feature was its islamization, which was matchless in its own time. one of the manifestations of this preci...

yarghv was the exclusive mongol jurisdiction court to resolve claims and disputes in various fields and was formed in most areas of the mongol empire, including the patriarch of iran (654-750 ah). the court mostly took place for political and some economical and social crimes, in mongol military camps. in this court, some methods similar to islamic courts were used, such as testimony, forced co...