Re: Inbreeding and birth defects

[Beth Benoit]

Title: Re: Inbreeding and birth defects

Hmm...the 16/50% thing sounds wrong.  (Back to the Genetics texts...)  But even so, that doesn't also mean that those with albinism are more likely to be a product of inbreeding.  Just that the gene for it is intermingled in the population.  

Beth Benoit
University System of New Hampshire

on 3/23/02 8:08 PM, Richard Pisacreta, Ph.D. at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

I understand. But since cousins are about 16% identical genetically, and sib 50%, isn't the chances of these recessive traits expressing themselves greater if relatives mate?

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