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The Japan Society of Human Genetics Award Lecture, presented at the 21th Annual Meeting of the Society in Kyoto on November 19th, 1976.
This study was supported by Scientific Research Grants from the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture in 1962–1968, a Grant from the Toyo Rayon Foundation for the Promotion of Science and Technology in 1965–1967, and a Grant from the Ministry of Health and Welfare for the Research on Handicapped Children in 1974–1976.
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Tanaka, K. Genetic effects of maternal inbreeding in man on congenital abnormality, mental defect, infertility, and prenatal death. Jap J Human Genet 22, 55–72 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01874270
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