- Institution/s: Universidad de Saarbrücken, Universidad de Valladolid
- Project: Diccionario Terminológico de Genética (Eurogene)
- Identification number: 163
- Subdomains: Studies of chromatin, Studies of DNA, Studies of RNA, Techniques
- Author/s: Augustine Edith EMENE, Gloria GONZÁLEZ-CALERO, Paloma MOLLEDO PÉREZ, Rosa María FERRERAS LOZANO
- Creation / modification date: 01-02-2014
- Term: consanguinity
- Gramatical category: s
- Definition: Genetic relatedness between individuals descended from at least one common ancestor.
- Context: Reports have shown that in certain clinical settings, practice guidelines regarding collecting information on consanguinity as part of family history are not available, despite the relevance of such history in identifying at-risk pregnancies.
- Weighting mark: nor
- Sources:
- Term: EMERY, A.E.H. y MUELLER, R.F. (1992) Elements of Medical Genetics, Churchill Livingstone: New York. 8th Edition.
- Definition: PAGON, R. A., BIRD, T. D. , DOLAN C. R., et al. (1993) GeneReviews [Online] Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/?term=consanguinity%20AND%20gene[book] [Accessed 30 April 2013]
- Context: HAMAMY, H. (2012) Consanguineous marriages: Preconception consultation in primary health care settings. Journal of Community Genetics. Vol. 3. pp. 185-192 [Online] Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3419292/ [Accessed 29 April 2013]
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