Inbreeding avoidance in an isolated indigenous Zapotec community in the valley of Oaxaca, Southern Mexico

Human Biology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 305-316

  Little, Bertis B ^a   Malina, Robert M ^a  

^a TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic isolate; Inbreeding; Inbreeding avoidance; Mating; Mexico; Surname isonymy; Zapotec

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; GENE FLOW; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DRIFT; HUMAN; INBREEDING; MATING; MEXICO; NATURAL SELECTION; POPULATION GENETIC PARAMETERS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 24344478953     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hub.2005.0049     Document Type: Article

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