Kissin' cousins
2002-04-04 19:04:07+02 by Dan Lyke 1 comments
West Virginians and Tennesseeans rejoice! Having offspring with your cousin isn't as dangerous as common wisdom would have it.
2002-04-04 19:04:07+02 by Dan Lyke 1 comments
West Virginians and Tennesseeans rejoice! Having offspring with your cousin isn't as dangerous as common wisdom would have it.
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#Comment made: 2002-04-05 04:00:41+02 by: TheSHAD0W
Well, it is, and it isn't. When it happens a lot, in a fairly isolated gene pool, it certainly can cause reinforcement of unwanted alleles. But yes, if it's in a family without a lot of close pairings, then it's "mostly harmless".
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