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Deaf intermarriage has limited effect on the prevalence of recessive deafness and no effect on underlying allelic frequency.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2020
Braun Derek C, Jain Samir, Epstein Eric, Greenwald Brian H, Herold Brienna, Gray Margaret
Abstract excerpt
The idea that deaf intermarriage increases the prevalence of deafness was forcefully pushed in the late 19th century by Alexander Graham Bell, in proceedings published by the National Academy of Science. Bell's hypothesis was not supported by a 19th century study by Edward Allen Fay, which was funded by Bell's own organization, the Volta Bureau. The Fay study showed through an analysis of 4,471 deaf marriages...
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