Evolution & Human Behavior
Volume 29, Issue 5 , Pages 364-369, September 2008

Consanguineous marriages: do genetic benefits outweigh its costs in populations with α+-thalassemia, hemoglobin S, and malaria?

  • Srdjan Denic

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE University, PO Box 17666, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, UAE
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +971 3 7137677; fax: +971 3 7672995.
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  • Nicolaas Nagelkerke

      Affiliations

    • Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE University, PO Box 17666, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, UAE
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  • Mukesh M. Agarwal

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE University, PO Box 17666, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Received 28 August 2007; received in revised form 30 April 2008 published online 27 June 2008.

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PII: S1090-5138(08)00050-0

doi:10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2008.04.006

Evolution & Human Behavior
Volume 29, Issue 5 , Pages 364-369, September 2008

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