Inheritance of mental disorders

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  • Honorio Delgado Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/anales.v18i1.9894

Abstract

From Hippocrates conviction that heredity influences the genesis of mental illness claims. But only in this century accurate in the underlying investigation, thanks to the rediscovery (by De Vries, Correns and Tchermak almost simultaneously in 1900) of the work of the Augustinian monk Gregor Mendel (the first and fundamental statement of direction is defined experiences made ​​by him hybridization in plants was published in 1865). The facts revealed by this biologist, forgotten by the generation that followed, mean initiation stage of the scientific study of heredity.

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1935-09-16

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Delgado H. Inheritance of mental disorders. An Fac med [Internet]. 1935 Sep. 16 [cited 2024 Aug. 17];18(1):1-48. Available from: https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/anales/article/view/9894