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Letter from Y. H. J. Merren to Friend [Margaret M. Tweed].
The Tweed Family Papers consists primarily of correspondence between Mrs. Richard Tweed and her children, relatives, and friends. Diaries, essays and poetry written by family members, newspaper clippings (photocopies), and financial and legal material are also included, as are a handful of photographs. All related primarily to the life of Mrs. Richard Tweed and her descendants.Mrs. Richard Tweed, upon whom the majority of the materials focus, was the sister-in-law of William Marcy ("Boss") Tweed, who controlled the Democratic political machine at New York City's Tammany Hall during the mid-19th century. He and his associates misappropriated public funds on a large scale, leading to his arrest and imprisonment in 1871.The Tweed Family Papers are organized by the following categories: Correspondence, Newspapers, Literary Production, Photographs, Financial Material, Printed Material, Scrapbook Material, Legal Material, and Artifacts.Tweed Family Papers, 1836-1932 and undated, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TexasBox 1, File
The relationship between channel avulsion, flow occupancy and aggradation in braided rivers: Insights from an experimental model
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A Cerebellar Ataxia Locus Identified by DNA Pooling to Search for Linkage Disequilibrium in an Isolated Population from the Cayman Islands
A non-progressive recessive cerebellar ataxia was identified in a highly inbred Cayman Island population. Cayman cerebellar ataxia is characterized by marked pyschomotor retardation, and prominent cerebellar dysfunction manifested by nystagmus, intention tremor, dysarthric speech, and an ataxic gait. In this study, we identify linkage to chromosome 19p13.3 using pooled DNA samples of affected individuals from an isolated population as PCR template for a genome wide screen with short tandem repeat markers. Our data demonstrate that the DNA pooling approach to identify disease gene loci is feasible using individuals from isolated populations in which kindred relationships are highly complex and exact relationships between all affected individuals are not known. Genetic fine mapping demonstrates that the genetic disease interval is approximately 9 cM, but contained within a small physical region. The existence of multiple individuals that are recombinant with flanking markers indicates that the disease interval can be further narrowed with additional markers