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Extreme inbreeding in a European ancestry sample from the contemporary UK population

In most human societies, there are taboos and laws banning mating between first- and second-degree relatives, but actual prevalence and effects on health and fitness are poorly quantified. Here, we leverage a large observational study of ~450,000 participants of European ancestry from the UK Biobank...

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Published in:Nat Commun
Main Authors: Yengo, Loic, Wray, Naomi R., Visscher, Peter M.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6722066/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31481654
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11724-6
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