Abstract
1. Pedigrees of talipes cases were analysed and it was suggested that this character had been determined by more than one and additive genes.
2. The heritability of liability to talipes equinovarus in male sibs of male cases is 46.6 ± 2.358 per cent.
3. The risk of having another male child affected with talipes is 42/10 000.
Copyright and license
Copyright © 1972 The Author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
How to cite
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Atasu M, Göğüş T, Say B. The heritability of liability to talipes equinovarus and genetic counseling. Turk J Pediatr 1972; 14: 7-12. https://doi.org/10.24953/turkjpediatr.1972.4285
