Inheritance of six anthropometric traits in Vaidyas of West Bengal, India

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 80-90

  Sengupta, Mahua ^a   Karmakar, Bibha ^a  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Endogamous population; India; Inheritance

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANTHROPOLOGY; BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; GENE; HERITABILITY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION GENETICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SOCIAL CLASS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ASIA; BARASAT; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 33847236963     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014460601076130     Document Type: Article

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