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A note on birth weight correlation in full sibs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

W. Z. Billewicz
W. Z. Billewicz
Affiliation:
MRC Reproduction and Growth Unit, Princess Mary Maternity Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 3BD
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Birth weight correlation in full sibs is estimated from data for 4229 sibships. It is shown that, when it is necessary to adjust individual observations before the calculation of familial correlations, the genetic implications of the method of choice should be examined. It is shown that full sib correlation increases from 0·47 to 0·52 for unadjusted birth weights when the weight of the first born is excluded. After adjustments for sex, parity, gestation and changes in maternal weight a correlation of 0·56 is obtained.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 4 , Issue 4 , October 1972 , pp. 455 - 460
Copyright
Copyright © 1972, Cambridge University Press

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