A study of contemporary levels and temporal trends in inbreeding in the Tangier Island, Virginia, population using pedigree data and isonymy

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-38

  Mathias, Rasika A ^a   Bickel, Carol A ^b   Beaty, Terri H ^a   Petersen, Gloria M ^a   Hetmanski, Jacqueline B ^a   Liang, Kung Yee ^a   Barnes, Kathleen C ^a,b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS ASTHMA AND ALLERGY CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Inbreeding; Isolate; Isonymy method; Pedigree method

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSANGUINITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INBREEDING; MATING; MIGRATION; PEDIGREE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSANGUINITY; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAMES; PEDIGREE; VIRGINIA;

EID: 0034009442     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(200005)112:1<29::AID-AJPA4>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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