Consanguinity in Context

List of contents

1. Consanguineous marriage, past and present; 2. Religious attitudes and rulings on consanguineous marriage; 3. Civil legislation on consanguineous and affinal marriage; 4. Consanguinity: the scientific and medical debates of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; 5. Demographic and socioeconomic aspects of consanguineous marriage; 6. A population genetics perspective on consanguinity; 7. Consanguinity and reproductive behaviour; 8. Consanguinity and metrical traits at birth and in childhood; 9. Consanguinity and pre-reproductive mortality; 10. Consanguinity and morbidity in early life; 11. Consanguinity and disorders of adulthood; 12. Incest; 13. Genetic screening, education and counselling in consanguineous marriage; 14. Whither consanguineous marriage?; 15. Consanguinity in context; References; Index.

About the author

Alan H. Bittles is Research Leader at the Centre for Comparative Genomics, Murdoch University and Adjunct Professor of Community Genetics at Edith Cowan University, Australia.

Summary

Consanguinity in Context will appeal to a wide readership, from clinicians and geneticists to anthropologists and social scientists. Written in an approachable manner, with excellent illustrations and relevant background information, this book is the essential guide to the controversial medical and social issue of intra-familial marriage.

Product details

• Authors: Alan H. Bittles, Alan H. (Edith Cowan University Bittles, Alan. H Bittles, Bittles Alan H.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9781108822497
• ISBN: 978-1-108-82249-7
• No. of pages: 328
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology; Cambridge Studies in Biologica
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > General, dictionaries; Anthropology, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Primatology, Human biology, Genetics (non-medical), Primates