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Inbreeding and demographic transition in the Orozco Valley (Basque Country, Spain)

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ID19459515
AuthorsJosé A Peña (0000-0002-2952-8461, University of the Basque Country, corresponding author), Miguel A Alfonso‐sánchez (0000-0002-1261-2624, University of the Basque Country), Rosario Calderón (0000-0001-9196-5323, University of the Basque Country)
Year2002
Volume14
Issue6
Pages713-720
Publication date2002-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Human Biology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1042-0533 • E-ISSN: 1520-6300
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/ajhb.10085
PMID12400031
OpenAlexW1530081201
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited31

Inbreeding in the Orozco Valley (Basque Country, Spain) between the 18th and 20th centuries was investigated on the basis of ecclesiastical dispensations and surname lists. The variations over time are very similar to those observed elsewhere in Europe, with a major increase in the coefficient of inbreeding in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This is due mainly to an increase in marriages between first cousins. A highly marked decrease in inbreeding is observed during the 20th century. The secular trends described by the coefficient calculated on the basis of dispensations and by that calculated on isonymy are very similar. The nonrandom component of isonymy reveals a selective search for a related spouse during the period of maximum inbreeding. These results are associated with the process of demographic transition which affected European populations as a whole in the 19th century, resulting in a greater availability of kin among potential mates and thus enabling inbreeding to increase to levels far higher than those observed for earlier centuries. Am. J. Hum. Biol. 14:713–720, 2002. © 2002 Wiley‐Liss, Inc

Geography · Inbreeding · Political science · Population · Secular variation · Sociology · Spouse · Demography · Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock · Genetic Associations and Epidemiology · Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals · Law

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