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consanguinity
consanguinity (adj. consanguineous) A genetic relationship in which individuals share at least one ancestor in the preceding few generations. Matings between related individuals may reveal deleterious recessive
alleles. For example, first-cousin marriages amongst humans account for about 18–24% of albino children and 27–53% of children with Tay-Sachs disease, both of which are rare recessive conditions.
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Consanguinity and chromosomal abnormality
Magazine article from: Indian Journal of Human Genetics; 5/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; Consanguinity may result in the homozygous condition...deleterious genes. The incidence of consanguinity reported in India is 5-60% and...spite of the available literature on consanguinity, there seemed to be limited information...
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Evolution of consanguinity in the Archbishopric of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) during 1900-1979
Magazine article from: Human Biology; 8/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...Spain). We also report the rate of consanguinity, the average coefficient of inbreeding...categories of relationship. The rate of consanguinity of the total number of consanguineous...relevant aspect of the structure of consanguinity lies in the high frequency of marriages...
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Relationship between consanguinity and depression in a south Indian population.(Brief Research Communication)(Clinical report)
Magazine article from: Indian Journal of Psychiatry; 1/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...Carried out to study the association of consanguinity marriage with depression. It was observed that the consanguinity of marriage was associated with depression...age and sex adjusted odds ratio of consanguinity marriage was 7.66 (CI: 3.93...
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Does consanguinity increase the risk of bronchial asthma in children?.(Original Article)(Clinical report)
Magazine article from: Annals of Thoracic Medicine; 4/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Qurachi There is a high prevalence of consanguinity and bronchial asthma in Saudi Arabia...is to explore the effect of parental consanguinity on the occurrence of bronchial asthma...2%) cases of positive parental consanguinity in asthmatic children and children...
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Consanguinity in Spain: Socioeconomic, Demographic, and Geographic influences
Magazine article from: Human Biology; 4/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; Abstract Information on consanguinity in Spain was reanalyzed in order to obtain a more complete picture of consanguinity patterns by considering temporal...respecting total marriages: The consanguinity pattern of each population is influenced...
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Local differences in the archbishopric of Santiago de Compostela (Galicia, Spain) in relation to the Consanguinity structure, 1900-1979
Magazine article from: Human Biology; 8/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...The microgeographic variability of consanguinity in the Archbishopric of Santiago de...exclusively due to the structure of consanguinity, a correspondence analysis was performed...Archbishopric) and in the structure of consanguinity, for which a high proportion of uncle...
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COLUMN: Consanguinity, foreign policy don't mix
News Wire article from: University Wire; 1/24/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...copies of properly functioning genes. Consanguinity increases the likelihood that some...Mendelian wisdom. Cultural contempt for consanguinity had deeper roots in the early efforts...Europe and the United States, however, consanguinity is far from being a faux pas. A recent...
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Evolution of consanguinity in a French Alpine Valley: The Vallouise in the Briancon Region (17th-19th centuries)
Magazine article from: Human Biology; 4/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...present study considers the evolution of consanguinity in the Vallouise, a high glacial valley...genealogical method was used to estimate consanguinity in this Alpine population from the...three other methods used to measure consanguinity. The results indicate that while consanguinity...
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Inbreeding Patterns in La Cabrera, Spain: Dispensations, Multiple Consanguinity Analysis, and Isonymy
Magazine article from: Human Biology; 4/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...DISPENSATIONS, ISONYMY, REPEATED PAIRS, MULTIPLE CONSANGUINITY, SPAIN Consanguinity is one of the most important biodemographic...as marriage registers, allow estimations of consanguinity and its evolution through time. The first...
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Consanguinity: Still a challenge.(Editorial)
Magazine article from: Indian Journal of Psychiatry; 1/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...and ''sanguis'' meaning blood. Consanguinity describes a relationship between two...indicating positive association between consanguinity and Down syndrome, and also ventricular...sup] [4] reported the role of Consanguinity (46.4%) in causing Dysferlinopathy...
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consanguinity
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
consanguinity , state of being related by blood...anthropological implications, see incest . Consanguinity is to be distinguished from affinity...Marriage between persons in lineal consanguinity (persons in the direct line of descent...
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Consanguinity
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
CONSANGUINITY Blood relationship; the relation...who descend from the same ancestor. Consanguinity is the basis of the laws that govern...who may serve as a witness. Lineal consanguinity is the relation in a direct line...
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kinship
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
kinship relationship by blood (consanguinity) or marriage (affinity) between persons; also, in anthropology...less precisely defined groupings such as the clan , where consanguinity is often hypothetical if not actually mythological. As...
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Relationship
Book article from: -Ologies and -Isms
...WIFE . affinity the condition of close relationship. Cf. consanguinity . See also 258. MARRIAGE . agnate a relation through descent...congener a thing or person of the same kind as another. consanguinity blood relationship. Cf. affinity . cousinry cousins collectively...
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marriage
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Irish History
...church's teachings on unions within specific degrees of consanguinity and affinity. Likewise intermarrying within the forbidden...without the involvement of Catholic clergy. The canon law on consanguinity, which excluded close relatives as potential marriage partners...
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