Pedigrees of Negro families / by R. Ruggles Gates.

  • Reginald Ruggles Gates
Date:
1949
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Licence: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)

Credit: Pedigrees of Negro families / by R. Ruggles Gates. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Contents Preface v 1. Introduction 1 2. Abnormalities of the Eye and Ear 7 Colorblindness, myopia, strabismus, cataract, deafness 3. Abnormalities of the Skin and Teeth 33 Albinism, ectodermal dysplasia, onychogryposis, moles, freckles, white fore lock, early graying, heavy eyebrows, hair on chest, baldness, dental defects 4. Abnormalities of the Limbs 71 Polydactyly, syndactyly, brachyphalangy, toe length, cartilaginous dyschon- droplasia 5. Inheritance of Various Anatomic Traits and Twin ning 109 Microstomia, hypospadias, hernia, piles, twins and twinning 6. Inheritance of Some Physiologic and Constitu tional Conditions 121 Hemophilia, blood groups, allergy, asthma, migraine, early menarche, cancer, tuberculosis 7. Normal Nervous and Mental Conditions 151 Musical ability, artistic ability, violent temper, taste-blindness, left-handed ness, ambidexterity 8. Abnormal Nervous and Mental Conditions 167 Epilepsy, feeblemindedness, Huntington’s chorea, schizophrenia, manic-de pressive insanity, mongolian idiocy 9. Inheritance of Racial Characters—Stature and Size 205 Stature, dwarfing, size, corpulence 10. Inheritance of Racial Characters—Head Shape, Eye Color, Hair Characters and Pigmentation . . 223 Brachycephaly, hair color, hair form, skin color Index 261 vii