Abstract

Studies of multifactorial inheritance in man have ignored nonadditive gene action or attributed it entirely to dominance. Reanalyses of dermatoglyphic data on monozygotic and dizygotic twins, siblings and parents and offspring suggest that a substantial proportion of variation in total finger pattern intensity is due to epistatic interactions between additive genetic deviations, not dominance. Bootstrapping and power simulations support this interpretation of the data. We believe this is the strongest evidence so far for polygenic epistasis in man.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)719-727
Number of pages9
JournalGenetics
Volume106
Issue number4
StatePublished - Apr 1984

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Evidence for polygenic epistatic interactions in man?'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this