Backmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. CHAPTER 1. History of This Investigation and Structure of This Book 1
5. CHAPTER 2. Customs and Legislation Affecting Consanguineous Marriages, with Special Attention to the Catholic Church 29
6. CHAPTER 3. Demographic Factors Affecting the Frequencies of Consanguineous Marriage–A Study in Northern Emilia 39
7. CHAPTER 4. Probability of Consanguineous Marriages 69
8. CHAPTER 5. Consanguinity, Inbreeding, and Observed Genetic Drift in the Parma Valley 90
9. CHAPTER 6. A Computer Simulation of the Upper Parma Valley Population 122
10. CHAPTER 7. Islands 149
11. CHAPTER 8. Effects of Inbreeding on Normal and Pathological Phenotypes 192
12. CHAPTER 9. Consanguineous Marriages in Italy: Data from the Vatican Archives 211
13. CHAPTER 10. Geography of Demes in Italy 242
14. CHAPTER 11. Conclusions 284
15. Bibliography 303
16. Index 313
17. Backmatter 317