Mongolism in the Monkeys

Members of the Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center have described the first case of Down syndrome chimney, Mongolism. Down syndrome is known in man and anthropomorphic monkey (specifically in chimpanzees and gorillas), but not in normal monkeys.

The disease has also been confirmed genetically, studying chromosomes.

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