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Mongolism and Duration of Marriage
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Mongolism and Duration of Marriage

  • L. S. PENROSE1 &
  • J. M. BERG1 

Nature volume 218, page 300 (1968)Cite this article

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GERMAN1 suggested that the cause of mongolism is connected with delayed fertilization and that this depends on factors related to the duration of marriage.

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  1. German, J. L., Nature, 217, 516 (1968).

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PENROSE, L., BERG, J. Mongolism and Duration of Marriage. Nature 218, 300 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/218300a0

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