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Inheritance of randomness.
Medical hypotheses - 1 Jul 1996
Afzelius B A
Abstract excerpt
The mouse mutant iv is characterized by "a random determination of a developmental process' in that 50 rather than 100% of the homozygotes have situs inversus. The same explanation is given to the inheritance of situs inversus in the human immotile-cilia syndrome. There are probably two alleles of the responsible gene, one for control of the proper asymmetry and one without control and hence resulting in equal...
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