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On the Inheritance of Poly- and Syndactylies in Man

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

Lars Beckman  and
Lena Widlund
Lars Beckman
Affiliation:
Institute for Medical Genetics, University of Uppsala
Lena Widlund
Affiliation:
Institute for Medical Genetics, University of Uppsala

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Data on the occurrence of poly- and syndactylies among 64793 newborn children were collected from the hospital records of two different Swedish hospitals, one being located in the North and the other in South Sweden. Frequency estimates are given for the different types of anomalies and the families of 35 probands were studied.

Some pedigrees were compatible with dominant transmission of the traits, while in others the mode of inheritance is irregular. There was no evidence for Y-linked syndactyly. In several cases it was found that a proband with Polydactyly had relatives with syndactyly and vice versa. Some pedigrees included also individuals with reductions of phalanges and fingers.

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Research Article
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 11 , Issue 1 , January 1962 , pp. 43 - 54
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1962

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