Impact of inbreeding on fertility in a pre-industrial population

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 673-681

  Robert, Alexandre ^a   Toupance, Bruno ^b   Tremblay, Marc ^c   Heyer, Evelyne ^b  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b MUSÉE DE L HOMME   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; GENEALOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; INDUSTRIALIZATION; POPULATION PRODUCTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SENESCENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CANADA; CONSANGUINITY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 67349248413     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2008.237     Document Type: Article

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