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Consanguinity, inbreeding, and genetic drift in Italy / Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, Antonio Moroni, and Gianna Zei.

Title
Consanguinity, inbreeding, and genetic drift in Italy / Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, Antonio Moroni, and Gianna Zei.
Author
Cavalli-Sforza, L. L. (Luigi Luca), 1922-2018.
Publication
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2004.

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Additional Authors
  • Moroni, Antonio.
  • Zei, Gianna.
Description
x, 315 p. : ill., maps; 22 cm.
Series Statement
Monographs in population biology ; 39
Uniform Title
Monographs in population biology ; 39.
Subject
  • Consanguinity > Italy
  • Consanguinity
  • Genetic Drift
  • Genetics, Population
  • Genotype
  • Human genetics > Variation
  • Human population genetics > Italy
  • Inbreeding > Italy
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-311) and index.
Contents
1. History of this investigation and structure of this book -- 2. Customs and legislation affecting consanguineous marriages, with special attention to the Catholic church -- 3. Demographic Factors affecting the frequencies of consanguineous marriage - a study in northern Emilia -- 4. Probability of consanguineous marriages -- 5. Consanguinity, inbreeding, and observed genetic drift in the Parma Valley -- 6. A computer simulation of the upper Parma Valley population -- 7. Island 149 -- 8. Effects of inbreeding on normal and pathological phenotypes -- 9. Consanguineous marriages in Italy : data from the Vatican archives -- 10. Geography of demes in Italy -- 11. Conclusions.
ISBN
  • 0691089914
  • 0691089922 (pbk.)
LCCN
2003053599
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries