Article
Genetic consequences of differential demographic behaviour in the Saguenay region, Québec.
American journal of physical anthropology - 1 Sept 1995
Heyer E
Abstract excerpt
Some rare inherited disorders are found with a high frequency in the population of the Saguenay region (Québec province, Canada, population 300,000). Inbreeding coefficients are too low to be an explanation for these high frequencies. In the first decades of settlement (1842-1870), most of the immigrants came from a small region called Charlevoix (east of Québec city). As most of the genetic disorders found in...
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