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Inherited inadequate uterine environment leading to mental retardation: Negative evidence in pedigree data

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The frequency of mental retardation in the offspring of maternal aunts of retarded probands is compared with the frequency in offspring of other aunts or uncles of the same probands. There is no support for inherited uterine inadequacy as an explanatory factor for mental retardation.

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  1. Behavioral Genetics Training Program, Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    H. Hill Goldsmith

  2. Dight Institute for Human Genetics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    V. E. Anderson

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The work reported was supported (in part) by a Mental Health Training Grant in Biological Sciences (MH10679) awarded to S. C. Reed and I. I. Gottesman at the University of Minnesota.

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Goldsmith, H.H., Anderson, V.E. Inherited inadequate uterine environment leading to mental retardation: Negative evidence in pedigree data. Behav Genet 6, 467–471 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01065703

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