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Odour-Blindness to Musk: Simple Recessive Inheritance

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Abstract

THREE types of odour-blindness or specific anosmia have been studied, but genetical evidence so far obtained is tentative or inconsistent1. The rare anosmia to the n-butylmercaptan of skunk2, and more commonly the scent of freesia flowers3, may be inherited as autosomal recessive traits. Anosmia to hydrogen cyanide4–6 is complex and its inheritance has not been confirmed7.

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  1. Institute of Human Development and Department of Genetics, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720

    D. WHISSELL-BUECHY

  2. Western Regional Research Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Berkeley, CA, 94710

    J. E. AMOORE

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WHISSELL-BUECHY, D., AMOORE, J. Odour-Blindness to Musk: Simple Recessive Inheritance. Nature 242, 271–273 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/242271a0

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