Inbreeding, Isonymy, and Isolation in a Swiss Community

Document Type

Article

Authors

John Friedl, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Walter S. Ellis, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Abstract

Demographic data were collected in an isolated Swiss alpine village for all (228) marriages from 1900-1969, and for all native residents (450) of the village in 1970. Genealogies four to six generations deep provide the base data for an analysis of isonymy, inbreeding, migration, relationship between isonymy and inbreeding coefficient, and prevalence of cousin marriage among isonymous pairs. This type of analysis demonstrates the usefulness of combining ethnographic and demographic data in examining the genetic structure and the potential for evolution of an isolate.

Recommended Citation

Friedl, John and Ellis, Walter S. (1974) "Inbreeding, Isonymy, and Isolation in a Swiss Community," Human Biology: Vol. 46: Iss. 4, Article 12.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/humbiol/vol46/iss4/12