Royal Inbreeding and the Extinction of Lineages of the Habsburg Dynasty

Human Heredity

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 62-68

  Álvarez, Gonzalo ^a   Ceballos, Francisco C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Child mortality; Consanguineous marriage; Habsburg dynasty; Inbreeding coefficient; Inbreeding depression; Royal inbreeding

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRIAN; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSANGUINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC MODEL; HUMAN; INBREEDING; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; MALE; NEWBORN DEATH; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PROGENY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; AUSTRIA; HISTORY; PEDIGREE; PUBLIC FIGURE; SPAIN;

AUSTRIA; CONSANGUINITY; FAMOUS PERSONS; FEMALE; HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; MALE; PEDIGREE; SPAIN;

EID: 84943328160     PISSN: 00015652     EISSN: 14230062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000440765     Document Type: Article

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