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Inbreeding Load in Whites and Negroes: A Reappraisal

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

Ademar Freire-Maia*
Affiliation:
Departamento de Genética, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas e Biológicas, Botucatú, São Paulo
*
Departamento de Genética, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas e Biológicas, Botucatú, Est, São Paulo, Brazil

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A reanalysis is made of the data obtained in two surveys in Brazil, regarding the inbreeding load of Whites and Negroes. It is shown that the differences detected are probably spurious, and mainly due to environmental factors. The “total” inbreeding load estimated for the pooled sample showed nonsignificant difference between Whites and Nonwhites.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1971

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