Article
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 o...
Topics
- Adult
- Alleles
- Animals
- Child
- Female
- Functional Laterality
- Homosexuality, Female
- Homosexuality, Male
- Homozygote
- Humans
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Mutant Strains
- Models, Genetic
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Sexual Behavior
- Twins, Monozygotic