Endogamy, consanguinity and community disease profiles

Community Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-20

  Bittles, A H ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Consanguinity; Endogamy; Homozygosity; Wahlund effect

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILIAL INCIDENCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC ISOLATION BY DISTANCE; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

CONSANGUINITY; GENE POOL; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; VARIATION (GENETICS); WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 17244381972     PISSN: 14222795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000083332     Document Type: Conference Paper

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