Chronic Research About Consanguinity Behavior

From Genetics Education and Health Research, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, AustraliaFigure 1 provides a representation of the behavior under question, asking about consanguinity.

Unlike prior research, we collected data from 13 tribes and introduced additional determinants of consan-guineous unions, including geographical factors (tribal and village endogamy), inheritance, and the evolution of consanguinity.

As we can see from the illustration, Chronic Research About Consanguinity Behavior has many fascinating aspects to explore.

Training Course in Sexual and Reproductive Health Research Geneva 2011. Why are we interested in studying consanguinity? l High consanguinity rates of 20-50% in about one billion of the world population.