as in biological
being such by blood and not by adoption or marriage
felt just as close to his adopted brother as he did to his two consanguineous siblings
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The downsides of inbreeding are to some extent intuitively understood by all, especially consanguineous relations between first order relatives.
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Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 18 July 2013
One way to tackle the problem of genetic diseases which emerge out of consanguineous unions apparently isn't to discourage the unions themselves, but dodge the outcomes.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 25 Aug. 2010
First, the Middle East has long been, and is still now, a region characterized by consanguineous marriages which likely increases genetic distance over short spatial scales.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 4 Mar. 2013
Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 18 July 2013
One way to tackle the problem of genetic diseases which emerge out of consanguineous unions apparently isn't to discourage the unions themselves, but dodge the outcomes.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 25 Aug. 2010
First, the Middle East has long been, and is still now, a region characterized by consanguineous marriages which likely increases genetic distance over short spatial scales.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 4 Mar. 2013
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