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Surname repetition and isonymy in northeastern Hungarian marriages.
Human biology - 1 Aug 1990
Koertvelyessy T, Crawford M H, Pap M, Szilagyi K
Abstract excerpt
The repeated-pair (RP) approach to surnames in married couples is a measure of population subdivision resulting from the influence of lineagelike behavior in mate choice. An excess of RP over random RP implies limitations in mate choice and a reduction of genetic variability. Here we apply the RP method to data from the rural populations of Csaroda, Tiszaadony, and Tiszavid in northeastern Hungary. The results...
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