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In Vivo Evaluation of the Mechanical and Viscoelastic Properties of the Rat Tongue
Published on: July 6, 2017
[Studies of hereditary mode on three tongue moving types]
Yu-Ling Li1, Shun-Hua Lu, Lian-Bin Zheng
1Department of Biology, Inner Mongolia Normal University, Huhhot 010022 China.
Abstract:
The data of 72 families were analyzed by the method of proband's sib and the method of segregation analysis. The results showed that the hereditary mode of rolling tongue or pointed tongue is the dominant heredity of single gene of autosome, and the positive type of them is the dominant character. Twisting tongue is the recessive heredity of single gene of autosome,while the positive type is the recessive character. Present study suggested, although environmental might affect these characters,hereditary factors seemed to be dominant.
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