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Mongolism in One of Twins
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 February 2018
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It has been suggested that mongolism results from damage to the germ plasm from gametic mutation or the fertilization of an abnormal ovum, the theory being mainly based on the study of twins, one or both of whom has been found to be mongoloid (Benda, 1947).
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