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IN anthropological surveys, investigations of the effects of mutagenic agents, and similar projects, the transmission of hereditary characters is frequently investigated in large populations. Where data are available it is advisable to ascertain whether the children's phenotypes agree with those of their presumptive parents. Lack of agreement indicates that the data were influenced by factors other than family relationships, for example, illegitimacy, errors of labelling, technique or recording, or the effects of mutation. The greater the number in the group, the more likely are the factors producing disagreement to be identified, but the more burdensome becomes the labour of correlation.
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BAUMGARTEN, A. Computer Analysis of Concordance of Inherited Characteristics. Nature 205, 109–110 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/205109a0
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