Are there anthropometric differences between the offspring of endogamous and exogamous matings?
Measurements of 133 adult offspring of exogamous matings and of 347 adult offspring of endogamous matings in a Mexican community were standardized for sex and prior international migration. The offspring of the exogamous matings were larger than those of the endogamous matings in 3 of 26 anthropometric dimensions. The probability of 3 or more in 26 dimensions at the 0.05 level is p = 0.14, not statistically significant. Comparisons of offspring of exogamous and endogamous unions in populations of this kind do not consistently provide evidence of heterosis.
Lasker
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Department of Anatomy, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201.
Kaplan
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Sedensky
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D000886:Anthropometry; D003241:Consanguinity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico