Consanguinity or inter-cousin marriage is a phenomenon quite prevalent in certain regions around the globe. Consanguineous parents have a higher risk of having offspring with congenital disorders. It is difficult to model large scale consanguineous parental populations because of disparate cultural issues unique to regions and cultures across the globe. Although consanguinity has previously bee...

Consanguineous marriages are respected and practiced among more than one billion of the world’s populationwith consanguinity rates reaching 20–50%. Consanguinity increases risk congenital anomalies, autosomalrecessive disorders, perinatal antenatal morbidities. This study determines knowledge regardingconsanguineous its genetic effects young adults.Objectives: 1. To assess regarding consanguine...

Background: The consanguineous marriages are very common worldwide with a risk of acquiring a recessive gene mainly in multigenerational tradition of first cousin marriages. In Pakistan, the Muslim majority has more prevalence of practicing consanguinity than the Hindus. Aims & Objective: We studied the Serene Threonine Kinase-39 Single Nucleotide A > G Polymorphism rs35929607; and comparativel...