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Genetics of hearing loss: Allelism and modifier genes produce a phenotypic continuum.
The anatomical record. Part A, Discoveries in molecular, cellular, and evolutionary biology - 1 Apr 2006
McHugh Richard K, Friedman Rick A
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Recent genetic and genomic studies have greatly advanced our knowledge of the structure and function of genes involved in hearing loss. We are starting to recognize, however, that many of these genes do not appear to follow traditional Mendelian expression patterns and are subject to the effects of allelism and modifier genes. This review presents two genes illustrative of this concept that have varied expression...
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