Journal article
Marital Structure and Genetic Isolation in a Rural Hispanic Population in Northern New-Mexico
American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Vol.53(2), pp.257-265
01/01/1980
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.1330530210
Abstract
An investigation of the mating structure of the rural Hispanic population of the village of Abiquiu in northern New Mexico was carried out using village marriage registers. Marital movement and departure from random mating were analyzed by the distribution of birth places of marriage partners and by surname isonymy. The time periods studied were 1882 to 1910 and 1947 to 1977. The results of these analyses show marked marital isolation (median marital distances by birthplace of 11.5 and 20.0 miles, respectively) and a significant departure from random mating (F = 0.0556 and F = 0.0495, respectively). In each case the non-random component of the isonymy coefficient (Fn) greatly exceeds the random, or expected, component. Assortative mating for culture and proximity governed by the historical settlement pattern is indicated as the process producing these results. Isolation has begun to break down in recent years but as yet has had no great effect on the genetic structure of the Abiquiu population.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Marital Structure and Genetic Isolation in a Rural Hispanic Population in Northern New-Mexico
- Creators
- Eric J. Devor - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Vol.53(2), pp.257-265
- DOI
- 10.1002/ajpa.1330530210
- ISSN
- 0002-9483
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/01/1980
- Academic Unit
- Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Record Identifier
- 9983557117502771
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