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Inbreeding Effects in a Coastal Village and Other Parts of Andhra Pradesh

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 January 2025

V. Rami Reddy  and
A. Papa Rao
V. Rami Reddy*
Affiliation:
Department of Physical Anthropology and Pre-Historic Archaeology, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India
A. Papa Rao
Affiliation:
Department of Physical Anthropology and Pre-Historic Archaeology, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India
*
Department of Physical Anthropology, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati 517502, AP, India

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A survey was carried out among fisher-women in Pallepalam, in Nellore District of Andhra Pradesh, to determine the prevalence and pattern of consanguinity and its effects on fertility, mortality, and morbidity. Of the 106 marriages investigated, 54.72% were consanguineous with predominant proportions of first cousin (36.79%) and uncle-niece (13.21%) marriages. The average inbreeding coefficients for autosomal and sex-linked genes were found to be 0.0405 and 0.0448 respectively. The differences between consanguineous and nonconsanguineous marriages were studied with respect to fertility, mortality and morbidity.

Type
Research Article
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 27 , January 1978 , pp. 89 - 93
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1978

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