The Effect of the Mutational Load on the Mortality Rate in Man
- 1 January 1962
- journal article
- research article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Human Heredity
- Vol. 12 (2) , 97-102
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000151186
Abstract
Three formulas presented for the calculation of deaths in human populations due to the detrimental mutations revealed by inbreeding studies, have been applied to data from Brazilian Whites and Negroes. The latter show a higher frequency of deaths due to this group of detrimental genes than the former.Keywords
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