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Baldness: Genes
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The Journal of Investigative Dermatology reported that male-pattern baldness was caused by a complicated situation involving multiple genes, not necessarily passed through the maternal line. No single gene was identified as the cause.
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One would think that, AT MOST, this result may generate a hypothesis for more thorough subsequent testing (that is if you think that baldness is a public health problem). Yet, the authors make the following recommendation:
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The theory that baldness is inherited through a single dominant gene passed down on the mother's side of the family, is based on a relatively small study of 22 families conducted in 1916. Current research suggests a much more complex explanation.
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