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Contribution of Marital Distance to Community Inbreeding, Homozygosis, and Reproductive Wastage for Recessively Inherited Genetic Disorders in Madhya Pradesh, India

BACKGROUND: Recessively inherited genetic disorders such as sickle cell anemia and β-thalassemia are commonly encountered in heterozygous and homozygous form in India. These hemolytic disorders cause a high degree of reproductive wastage in vulnerable communities. Inbreeding is usually the mating be...

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Autor principal: Balgir, R. S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3867230/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24363878
http://dx.doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2013.063

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