Inbreeding depression in anthropometric traits among Telaga boys of Kharagpur, West Bengal, India.

Abstract excerpt

Inbreeding depression in phenotypic variations as well as reproductive capacity was reported in animals. Depression of physical measurements in human beings especially among infants and adults due to inbreeding has also been reported all over the world. The present study is an attempt to examine the nature of inbreeding effect on growing children at each yearly age with increase of inbreeding intensity in a local...

Topics

• Adolescent
• Adult
• Age Distribution
• Anthropometry
• Body Constitution
• Case-Control Studies
• Child
• Child, Preschool
• Consanguinity
• Growth
• Humans
• India