Genetic Disorders Among Arab Populations

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Teebi, Ahmad S. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Edition: 2.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Human genetics.; Biomedicine.; Human Genetics.

Arab populations have their “own” genetic disorders, both universal and particular. Genetic diversity within these source populations, along with the fact that the rates of inbreeding are often high and family sizes are often large, constitute conditions that facilitate the emergence and detection o...