Abstract
FAMILIAL intestinal polyposis is known to be an inherited dominant disease1. Most families die out after a few generations as the condition frequently causes death before reproduction has occurred, and affected individuals often refrain from marriage because of the danger of passing the condition on to their offspring.
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VEALE, A. Possible Autosomal Linkage in Man. Nature 182, 409–410 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/182409b0
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