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SUBMITTER: Robert A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2986271 | biostudies-literature | 2009 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Robert Alexandre A Toupance Bruno B Tremblay Marc M Heyer Evelyne E
European journal of human genetics : EJHG 20081217 5
Little is known about the effects of inbreeding on reproduction in modern human societies. It appears indeed that biological effects are hidden by socioeconomic factors, which are the major determinants of fertility. It has been established, in particular, that socially induced reproductive compensation tends to homogenize the number of offspring per family in a given population. Besides, in the field of evolutionary biology, a number of empirical and theoretical studies have shown that the effe ...[more]