Prof Alan Bittles

Centre for Comparative Genomics, Murdoch University and School of Medical Sciences, Edith Cowan University

[Prof Alan Bittles @AlanBittles]

@Bigboyimg Ian, profound apologies - I routinely ignore Twitter hence the non-reply.
Great to hear from you, and please pass on all best regards to Mike! Have you an email address? Still suffering as a Y-ds fan? Cheers, Alan and Marilyn.

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@DJW_Perth
Dear Sir,
Follow you? To the veritable ends of the Earth!
Regards.,
AB.

[Prof Alan Bittles @AlanBittles]

@DJW_Perth Greetings from across the road. What a busy Tweeter you are!

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@Chocsweat
My sincere thanks to you for your kind comment! #insightsbs

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@DNADownunder @insightSBS
Many thanks! #insightsbs

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@FeltoeMason
Because the fee-based requirement for dispensation for 1st-3rd cousin marriage was contrary to Leviticus 18, 7-18 #insightsbs

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Globally, deaths from month 7 of pregnancy to 8/10 years are 3.7% higher in the children of first cousins than those of non-relatives.

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Globally, deaths in the first year of life are 1.3% higher in the children of first cousins those of non-relatives #insightsbs

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Globally, stillbirths in first cousin pregnancies are 0.5% higher than in the pregnancies of non-relatives #insightsbs

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See the website http://t.co/k016iS0zHm for full details on consanguineous marriage worldwide #insightsbs

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@BundySandy
Sandy, please don't let the buffoons get through to you. Best regards #insightsbs

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@AdamgasmAussie @insightSBS
Incest is defined as a parent-child or sib-sib relationsip. Sometimes also half-sib. #insightsbs

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@lylefisher82
Uncle-niece marriage is equivalent to a double first cousin relationship, which is permitted within Islam #insightsbs

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@EdWright10
In theory this should be so, in practice it currently is hard to demonstrate #insightsbs

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@LeapAndLand_ But its thought to lead to a more compatible relationship between wife/daughter in law and mother in law #insightsbs

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@SunithaJob
Unfortunately all pregnancies carry some risk to the health of the fetus, and sometimes the mother #insightsbs

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@AdamgasmAussie @insightSBS
For the children of first cousins the added risk of birth defects averages 3-4% #insightsbs

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Globally, the excess of risk of birth defects in the children of first cousins is 3-4%. #insightsbs

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Approx. 1.1 billion people live in countries where 20-50+% of marriages are between biological relatives #insightSBS.

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Hullo,
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