Social structure and consanguinity in a French mountain population (1550-1849)

Human Biology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 201-212

  Rabino Massa, Emma ^a   Prost, Michel ^b   Boëtsch, Gilles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Consanguinity; French alps; Inbreeding; Profession; Vallouise region

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONSANGUINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FRANCE; GENEALOGY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INBREEDING; MOUNTAIN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 23844464084     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hub.2005.0043     Document Type: Article

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