Tachycardia: an autosomal, monogenic, biallelic, recessive trait.
A brief commentary of the genetics of blood pressure is presented. The importance of the mechanisms of blood pressure regulation, among which heart rate is relevant, is emphasized. The analysis of a small population to test the quantitative model of the trait heart rate, considered as a metric character, is presented. The analysis of heart rate fitting to a qualitative model of inheritance is carried out. The results displayed might support the hypothesis that tachycardia could be an autosomal, monogenic, biallelic recessive trait.
Bravo-Luna
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Consejo de Investigaciones-Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario-Santa Fe, Argentina. mbravoluna@iname.com
Orsatti
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Poletto
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D000483:Alleles; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000235:genetics*; D005808:Genes, Recessive; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008955:Models, Cardiovascular; D008957:Models, Genetic; D019655:Quantitative Trait, Heritable; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000235:genetics*