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The negative heritability of neonatal jaundice *
Author(s) -
HALDANE J. B. S.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
annals of human genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.537
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1469-1809
pISSN - 0003-4800
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-1809.1996.tb01165.x
Subject(s) - jaundice , heritability , medicine , biology , genetics
Summary In the case of neonatal jaundice due to the human D antigen, mothers who have been jaundiced cannot bear a jaundiced child, and fathers who have been jaundiced beget fewer jaundiced sons than those who have not. Other characters may have a similar negative heritability.