Dispatches

When Cousins Marry: Medical Documents

Features

Monday 16 August 2010

Some of the key medical papers referred to in the programme, When Cousins Marry, for stats and evidence.

Please note, these documents (mostly PDFs; one Word document) are external and open in new browser windows.

The Influence of the Wahlund Effect on the Consanguinity Hypothesis:(opens in a new window)

The effect of reproductive compensation on recessive disorders within consanguineous human populations(opens in a new window)

A method for distinguishing consanguinity and population substructure Using Multilocus Genotype Data(opens in a new window)

A computer programme for calculating the average probability of identity(opens in a new window)

An analysis of consanguinity and social structure within the UK Asian population (opens in a new window)
[PDF; 184KB]

The background and outcomes of the first-cousin marriage controversy in Great Britain(opens in a new window)

Was the Darwin/Wedgwood dynasty adversely affected by consanguinity? (opens in a new window)
[PDF; 270KB]

Genetic counselling and customary consanguineous marriage (opens in a new window)  
[PDF; 455K]

The frequency of consanguineous marriage among British Pakistanis (opens in a new window)  
[PDF; 607KB]

Special educational needs and ethnicity: issues of over- and under-representation (opens in a new window) 
[PDF; 246KB]

'What is this Genetics, Anyway?'(opens in a new window) 
[PDF; 205KB]

Ethnicity and health: attitudes to sharing genetic information in the family (opens in a new window) 
[PDF; 174KB]

Heart of Birmingham Teaching PCT: report summary (opens in a new window) 
[Word doc; 65KB]

Medical genetic services in developing countries (opens in a new window) 
[PDF; 831KB]

Consanguinity and child health (opens in a new window) 
[PDF; 742KB]

Causes of deafness in British Bangladeshi children: a prevalence twice that of the UK population cannot be accounted for by consanguinity alone (opens in a new window) 
[PDF; 153KB]

The medical and social costs of consanguineous marriages among British Mirpuris (opens in a new window) 
[PDF; 150KB]

Consanguineous marriages and their effects on common adult diseases (opens in a new window) 
[PDF; 153KB]

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