Document Type
Brief Communication
Abstract
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.
Recommended Citation
Lasker, Gabriel; Kaplan, Bernice A.; and Sedensky, James A.
(1990)
"Brief Communications: Are There Anthropometric Differences between the Offspring of Endogamous and Exogamous Matings?,"
Human Biology:
Vol. 62:
Iss.
2, Article 9.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/humbiol/vol62/iss2/9
