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Inbreeding, biological and mental variations in France
Author(s) -
Schreider Eugène
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
american journal of physical anthropology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.146
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1096-8644
pISSN - 0002-9483
DOI - 10.1002/ajpa.1330300208
Subject(s) - inbreeding , inbreeding depression , demography , biology , sociology , population
Coefficients of inbreeding, known for most French départements, correlate not only with body‐height, as previously shown, but also with other anthropometrical, physiological, biochemical and mental characteristics. It does not appear that these correlations were primarily determined by differences in socio‐economic or cultural levels.