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Strict consensus trees were constructed, and bootstrap values were calculated as measures of branch support [ 79 ] using the following bootstrap parameters: 100 bootstrap replicates, 5000 MAXTREES per replicate, random addition sequence, TBR, STEEPEST DESCENT, and MULTREES.
Lately, opponents of affirmative action have donned the mantle of the civil-rights movement, claiming direct descent from Martin Luther King Jr.
Those who became the Shia held that any leader of the Ummah must be a direct descendant of the Prophet; those who became the Sunni argued that lineal descent was not required if the candidate met other standards of faith and knowledge.
In several countries in northwestern Europe, however, the percentage of C282Y homozygotes in hemochromatosis case series is greater than 90% [ 33 34 35 37 38 ] . In Queensland, a frequency of C282Y homozygosity of 100% was reported among patients identified by phenotype criteria [ 42 ] . Thus, the selection criterion of C282Y homozygosity in the present study nonetheless resulted in a group of hemochromatosis probands the HFE genotypes of which are similar to those of hemochromatosis patients of northwestern European descent in other studies.
Thus, when we learned that Huang had raised over $5 million for the Democrats, little distinction was made--reportorially or morally--between contributions from abroad and contributions from Americans of Asian descent.