After the human genome sequence was achieved in 2003, Dr. Stefansson quickly realized that Iceland's excellent medical records, combined with the genealogical information available on its close-knit population, provided a fine test bed for seeking the roots of genetically complex diseases like cancer, diabetes and schizophrenia.
The latest outbreak took place within a close-knit Orthodox Jewish population in Brooklyn, officials said.
Mr. Rae finds the very qualities of urbanism so often celebrated: close-knit neighborhoods of mixed populations and businesses, flourishing factories, communal and religious organizations, all of which helped create a sense of public affiliation.
Even as the embers stopped smoldering on Long Street, the emotions were still raw in the close-knit town that has a population of 1,747.
That is, if rural villages tend to be made up largely of extended families or close knit indigenous populations, then income and expenditure decisions might be made at the community level, rather than the household, and benefits from remittance income might be spread across the entire village.
Family support refers to the sense of support that an individual perceives he or she receives from his or her familial environment; it constitutes an important element of social support, particularly in the Greek population, with its close-knit families [ 14].
Rattus Terrainious are a close-knit group and harmless to the general population.
However, while such a close-knit structure may have characterized hunter-gatherers, increasing population density and mixing in recent human history has created conditions where a huge inter-individual diversity of microbiomes [ 11] can now be readily exchanged.
The UPGMA phenogram grouped mice population into two major clusters except Bikaner [BIK], Bilaspur [BIL] and Ranikhet [RK] populations which were placed outside the close-knit clusters.
Clearly, though, the universe was a close-knit one.
