Inbreeding recessive

Japanese: 近交劣性 - きんこうれっせい
Inbreeding recessive

...However, since autosomal recessive genetic diseases are rare, occurring in only one in tens or hundreds of thousands of people, for example, the possibility of a child with phenylketonuria being born in a cousin marriage is only about 1/2000, even though it is about nine times higher than in a non-cousin marriage. In addition, incestuous marriages can result in children with reduced quantitative traits such as height and weight, which is called inbreeding recessiveness. It has been clearly recognized that animals such as sheep and pigs have reduced offspring numbers and weights, but in humans, only very slight reductions in weight, height, IQ, etc. have been reported. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "inbreeding recessiveness" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…しかし,もともと常染色体性劣性遺伝病は数万人から数十万人に1人というまれな病気であるから,例えばフェニルケトン尿症児がいとこ婚で生まれる可能性は,他人結婚の約9倍とはいっても1/2000程度にすぎない。 また近親結婚によって身長,体重などの量的形質の低下した子が生まれることがあり,近交劣性と呼ばれている。羊,豚などの動物では産子数や体重が劣ることが明らかに認められているが,人間ではごくわずかに体重,身長,IQなどが劣ることが報告されているだけである。…

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