Article
Heterozygosity and craniofacial dimensions of Zapotec school children from a subsistence community in the valley of Oaxaca, southern Mexico.
Journal of craniofacial genetics and developmental biology - 1 Jan 2000
Little B B, Buschang P H, Malina R M
Abstract excerpt
Gene flow is associated with differences in craniofacial and postcranial dimensions among indigenous populations of southern Mexico. This study compares four craniofacial dimensions in 322 children from families which have an average inbreeding coefficient of 0.01 and 36 children from families wh...
Topics
- Analysis of Variance
- Cephalometry
- Child
- Consanguinity
- Facial Bones
- Gene Frequency
- Genetic Variation
- Heterozygote
- Humans
- Mexico
- Poverty Areas
- Selection, Genetic
- Skull
