Inbreeding and reproductive parameters among Mennonites in Kansas
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5958564 |
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| Authors | Mary Moore (0000-0002-3972-6306, San Diego State University, corresponding author), Mary Jane Moore (0000-0002-7853-5756) |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 180-186 |
| Publication date | 1987-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Biodemography and Social Biology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1948-5565 • E-ISSN: 1948-5573 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/19485565.1987.9988674 |
| PMID | 3451364 |
| OpenAlex | W1972606406 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
The relationship between inbreeding and certain reproductive parameters was studied by analyzing the reproductive history questionnaires collected from 194 women who attended a research clinic in the Mennonite community of Goessel, Kansas, and for whom pedigrees were constructed from data at the Mennonite Historical Library and at the Alexanderwohl Church. Five reproductive parameters, age of menarche, age of menopause, length of reproductive span, number of children, and fetal wastage, were compared in inbred and noninbred women. There is no consistent evidence that absence of inbreeding or degree of inbreeding (F = 0.00024—0.0332) significantly affects these reproductive parameters in this sample of Mennonite women. If inbreeding does have an effect on these reproductive variables, it is too small to be detected in this sample
Biology · Fertility · Inbreeding · Menarche · Pedigree chart · Population · Sociology · Agriculture and Farm Safety · Demography · Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock · Reproductive Physiology in Livestock · Genetics
| Highly cited | No |
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