Kissing cousins" Consanguineous marriage and early mortality in a reproductive isolate

Current Anthropology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 756-764

  Joseph, Suzanne E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

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EID: 35348890429     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/522062     Document Type: Review

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