Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

THE NUMBERS OF AUNTS AND UNCLES OF NORMAL AND CONGENITALLY ABNORMAL CHILDREN

THE NUMBERS OF AUNTS AND UNCLES OF NORMAL AND CONGENITALLY ABNORMAL CHILDREN Summary Published muscular dystrophy pedigrees showed asymmetries in the numbers of maternal and paternal aunts and uncles. The question arose of the numbers which should be expected for normal children and it was deduced that symmetry was a reasonable expectation. This was confirmed in a sample of normal children. The analysis was then extended to the families of propositi with other congenital abnormalities, mongolism, exomphalos, congenital heart disease, patent ductus arteriosus and infantile pyloric stenosis. Other asymmetries of numbers were found with respect to the sex of the propositus, of the parent, and of the parents' sibs. It was concluded that at least some of these findings were related to the factors determining the occurrence of the abnormalities. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Annals of Human Genetics Wiley

THE NUMBERS OF AUNTS AND UNCLES OF NORMAL AND CONGENITALLY ABNORMAL CHILDREN

Annals of Human Genetics , Volume 23 (3) – Mar 1, 1959

Loading next page...
 
/lp/wiley/the-numbers-of-aunts-and-uncles-of-normal-and-congenitally-abnormal-JIkBLB4xYW

References (18)

Publisher
Wiley
Copyright
Copyright © 1959 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
ISSN
0003-4800
eISSN
1469-1809
DOI
10.1111/j.1469-1809.1959.tb01468.x
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

Summary Published muscular dystrophy pedigrees showed asymmetries in the numbers of maternal and paternal aunts and uncles. The question arose of the numbers which should be expected for normal children and it was deduced that symmetry was a reasonable expectation. This was confirmed in a sample of normal children. The analysis was then extended to the families of propositi with other congenital abnormalities, mongolism, exomphalos, congenital heart disease, patent ductus arteriosus and infantile pyloric stenosis. Other asymmetries of numbers were found with respect to the sex of the propositus, of the parent, and of the parents' sibs. It was concluded that at least some of these findings were related to the factors determining the occurrence of the abnormalities.

Journal

Annals of Human GeneticsWiley

Published: Mar 1, 1959

There are no references for this article.