What is consanguineal marriage? Why is the appearing of genetic disease more probable in the offspring of a consanguineal marriage?
1 year ago
Biology
Consanguineal marriage is the marriage between relatives, i.e., people having common near ancestors.
The consanguineal marriage increases the probability of recessive genetic disease in the offspring since it is common for people from the same genetic lineage to be heterozygous carriers of alleles that condition recessive genetic diseases.
Dipti KC
May 27, 2023