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Hypertrichosis of the Ear Rims - Two Remarks on the Two-Gene Hypothesis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

D.C. Rao*
Affiliation:
Department of Probability and Statistics, University of Sheffield, England
*
Population Genetics Laboratory, University of Hawaii, 2411 Dole Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA

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Two remarks on Rao's Two-Gene Hypothesis for the inheritance of hypertrichosis of ear rims are offered here. First remark provides justification for the particular location of NH- and H-loci on the sex chromosomes in man. A single-case longitudinal study is also reported, which gives rise to the possibility of testing the two-gene hypothesis on family data.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1972

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