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Tachycardia: an autosomal, monogenic, biallelic, recessive trait
M Bravo-Luna1, M Orsatti, L Poletto
1Consejo de Investigaciones-Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario-Santa Fe, Argentina. mbravoluna@iname.com
Medical Hypotheses
|May 3, 2000
Abstract:
A brief commentary of the genetics of blood pressure is presented. The importance of the mechanisms of blood pressure regulation, among which heart rate is relevant, is emphasized. The analysis of a small population to test the quantitative model of the trait heart rate, considered as a metric character, is presented. The analysis of heart rate fitting to a qualitative model of inheritance is carried out. The results displayed might support the hypothesis that tachycardia could be an autosomal, monogenic, biallelic recessive trait.