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    American Journal of Human Biology: Volume 19, Issue 4

    459-602
    July/August 2007
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Original Research Articles

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BMI, income, and social capital in a native Amazonian society: Interaction between relative and community variables

Marek Brabec,  Ricardo Godoy,  Victoria Reyes-García,  William R. Leonard, 
  • Pages: 459-474
  • First Published: 01 June 2007
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Multiple mortality optima due to heterogeneity in the birth cohort: A continuous model of birth weight by gestational age-specific infant mortality

Fu Fang,  Howard Stratton,  Timothy B. Gage, 
  • Pages: 475-486
  • First Published: 01 June 2007
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Comparison of methods to evaluate changes in relative body mass index in pediatric weight control

Rocco A. Paluch,  Leonard H. Epstein,  James N. Roemmich, 
  • Pages: 487-494
  • First Published: 01 June 2007
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Estimating inbreeding in large, semi-isolated populations: Effects of varying generation lengths and of migration

J.E. Pattison, 
  • Pages: 495-510
  • First Published: 01 June 2007
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Advancing biocultural models by working with communities: A partnership approach†

Lawrence M. Schell,  Julia Ravenscroft,  Mia Gallo,  Melinda Denham, 
  • Pages: 511-524
  • First Published: 01 June 2007
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Selected anthropometric measurements of Akwesasne Mohawk youth: Skinfolds, circumferences, and breadths

Mia V. Gallo,  Lawrence M. Schell, 
  • Pages: 525-536
  • First Published: 01 June 2007
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Do children take the same number of steps every day?

Eric E. Wickel,  Joey C. Eisenmann,  Robert P. Pangrazi,  Susan V. Graser,  Anders Raustorp,  L. M. Tomson,  Thomas F. Cuddihy, 
  • Pages: 537-543
  • First Published: 01 June 2007
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Sex differences in young adulthood metabolic syndrome and physical activity: The Fels longitudinal study†

Karen E. Remsberg,  Nikki L. Rogers,  Ellen W. Demerath,  Stefan A. Czerwinski,  Audrey C. Choh,  Miryoung Lee,  W. C. Chumlea,  Shumei S. Sun,  Bradford Towne,  Roger M. Siervogel, 
  • Pages: 544-550
  • First Published: 01 June 2007
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Longitudinal relationships between nutritional status, body composition, and physical fitness in rural children of South Africa: The Ellisras longitudinal study

M. Andries Monyeki,  Lando L. J. Koppes,  K. Dan Monyeki,  Han C. G. Kemper,  Jos W. R. Twisk, 
  • Pages: 551-558
  • First Published: 01 June 2007
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Variations in RANK gene are associated with adult height in Caucasians

Yuan Chen,  Dong-Hai Xiong,  Tie-Lin Yang,  Fang Yang,  Hui Jiang,  Feng Zhang,  Hui Shen,  Peng Xiao,  Robert R. Recker,  Hong-Wen Deng, 
  • Pages: 559-565
  • First Published: 01 June 2007
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Phenotypic plasticity and functional asymmetry in response to grip forces exerted by intercollegiate tennis players

Natasha C. Lucki,  Christopher W. Nicolay, 
  • Pages: 566-577
  • First Published: 01 June 2007

Short Reports

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Docosahexaenoic acid and shore-based diets in hominin encephalization: A rebuttal

Stephen C. Cunnane,  Mélanie Plourde,  Kathy Stewart,  Michael A. Crawford, 
  • Pages: 578-581
  • First Published: 01 June 2007
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Preformed dietary DHA: The answer to a scientific question may in practice become translated to its opposite

Josephine C. A. Joordens,  Remko S. Kuipers,  Frits A. J. Muskiet, 
  • Pages: 582-584
  • First Published: 01 June 2007
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Docosahexaenoic acid biosynthesis and dietary contingency: Encephalization without aquatic constraint

Bryce A. Carlson,  John D. Kingston, 
  • Pages: 585-588
  • First Published: 01 June 2007
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Polymorphic Alu insertions in five North-West Italian populations

A. Santovito,  A. Selvaggi,  P. Cervella,  S. Castellano,  M. P. Bigatti,  G. Sella,  M. Delpero, 
  • Pages: 589-592
  • First Published: 01 June 2007
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MGEA5-14 polymorphism and type 2 diabetes in Mexico City

E. A. Cameron,  V. L. Martinez-Marignac,  A. Chan,  A. Valladares,  L.V. Simmonds,  N. Wacher,  J. Kumate,  P. McKeigue,  M.D. Shriver,  R. Kittles,  M. Cruz,  E.J. Parra, 
  • Pages: 593-596
  • First Published: 01 June 2007

Obituaries

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Alice Mossie Brues: 1913–2007

Darna L. Dufour, 
  • Page: 597
  • First Published: 01 June 2007

Book Reviews

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Book reviews: Human biology of Afro-Caribbean populations

Clarence C. Gravlee, 
  • Page: 598
  • First Published: 01 June 2007
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Book reviews: Skin: A natural history

Lawrence P. Greksa, 
  • Pages: 599-600
  • First Published: 01 June 2007
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Book reviews: Big fleas have little fleas: How discoveries of invertebrate diseases are advancing modern science

Joachim Kurtz, 
  • Pages: 600-601
  • First Published: 01 June 2007
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Book reviews: The tree of life: A phylogenetic classification

Marc W. Allard, 
  • Pages: 601-602
  • First Published: 01 June 2007