A rational treatment of Mendelian genetics

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The key to a rational treatment of elementary Mendelian genetics, specifically to an understanding of the origin of dominant and recessive traits, lies in the facts that: (1) alleles of genes encode polypeptides; (2) most polypeptide...

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Main Author: Porteous John W
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2004-08-01
Series:Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling
Online Access:http://www.tbiomed.com/content/1/1/6