Comparative Study on Birth Disorders in Cousin and Unrelated Marriages

Ashraful Kabir

Department of Biology, Saidpur Cantonment Public College, Nilphamari, Bangladesh

Dr. Ashraful Kabir, Department of Biology, Saidpur Cantonment Public College, Nilphamari, Bangladesh.

Keywords: Birth Abnormalities; Cousin Marriage; Recessive Disorders

Abstract

Context
This is our common believe that that consanguineous marriages (cousin marriage) are deleterious to human with lots of congenital abnormalities. Adequate studies were not available on this marriage in our societies.
Objectives
The objective of this study is to observe different types of post-birth abnormalities in children of consanguineous and non-consanguineous couples.

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