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Patterns of genetic inheritance.

B A Reyna·R H Pickler
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Neonatal nurses need to understand the basic patterns of genetic transmission. This article, the first in a series, provides an overview of Mendel's laws and discusses five types of transmission: single gene inheritance, chromosomal inheritance, multifactorial inheritance, cytoplasmic inheritance, and somatic cell mutations.

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Extrachromosomal InheritanceGenesGenes, DominantGenes, RecessiveGenetic Diseases, InbornGenetic LinkageHumansInfant, NewbornMultifactorial InheritanceMutationJournal ArticleReview

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B A Reyna, R H Pickler. 1999. Patterns of genetic inheritance.. https://doi.org/10.1891/0730-0832.18.1.7

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