“It's Ok, We're Not Cousins by Blood”: The Cousin Marriage Controversy in Historical Perspective

Diane B Paul; Hamish G Spencer

doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060320

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“It's Ok, We're Not Cousins by Blood”: The Cousin Marriage Controversy in Historical Perspective

Diane B Paul,
Hamish G Spencer

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“It's Ok, We're Not Cousins by Blood”: The Cousin Marriage Controversy in Historical Perspective

Diane B Paul,
Hamish G Spencer

Published: December 23, 2008
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0060320

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