The effect of reproductive compensation on recessive disorders within consanguineous human populations

Heredity

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 474-479

  Overall, Andy D J ^a,b   Ahmad, M ^a   Nichols, R A ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genetic counselling; Inbreeding; Marriage; Morbidity; Mortality

Indexed keywords

GENETICS; INBREEDING; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

ALLELES; ASIA; CONSANGUINITY; FEMALE; GENES, RECESSIVE; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTORS; SEX BEHAVIOR; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; HUMANS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONSANGUINITY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECESSIVE GENE; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0035988374     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800090     Document Type: Article

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