cl@lgc.com (Cameron Laird) (06/01/91)
Discussion of incest avoidance crops up in this newsgroup from time to time. One recent article which might interest readers has appears on pages 789-794 of *Science*, volume 252 (10 May 1991), and has the title I've copied into the "Subject: " line. The abstract reads "In many regions ..., consanguineous [generally second cousin or closer, in this article] mar- riages currently account for approximately 20% to 50% of all unions ... [S]tudies conducted in such populations indicate that the adverse effects associated with inbreeding are experi- enced by a minority of familiies." -- Cameron Laird +1 713-579-4613 cl@lgc.com (cl%lgc.com@uunet.uu.net) +1 713-996-8546