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The Androgyny of Mongols

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

Gordon Dutton
Gordon Dutton*
Affiliation:
South Ockendon Hospital, South Ockendon, Romford, Essex
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It is now accepted that the underlying cause of mongolism is a trisomy of the 21st chromosome (Denver classification). This finding has given a new impetus to research into this condition. It is hoped by investigating these people to be able to find out what genetic information is carried on this extra chromosome, this would be of great interest to all students of human biology, as well as being of use in the more general field of human medicine. It is very unlikely that the extra chromosome in every case will carry the same genetic information, and this would account for the within species differences in the syndrome of mongolism.

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Journal of Mental Science , Volume 108 , Issue 455 , July 1962 , pp. 432 - 437
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1962 

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