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Inbreeding effect on precocious mortality in Japanese communities of Brazil
Author(s) -
FREIREMAIA N.,
TAKEHARA N.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
annals of human genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.537
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1469-1809
pISSN - 0003-4800
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-1809.1977.tb01965.x
Subject(s) - inbreeding , demography , geography , biology , population , sociology
SUMMARY Data on precocious mortality (from abortions up to the age of 20) are presented for three Japanese communities in Brazil. The inbreeding load (B≅1.5) is estimated on the basis of these data. B/A lies between 7 and 30. Three general working hypotheses are presented.