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THREE types of odour-blindness or specific anosmia have been studied, but genetical evidence so far obtained is tentative or inconsistent1. The rare anosmia to the n-butylmercaptan of skunk2, and more commonly the scent of freesia flowers3, may be inherited as autosomal recessive traits. Anosmia to hydrogen cyanide4–6 is complex and its inheritance has not been confirmed7.
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WHISSELL-BUECHY, D., AMOORE, J. Odour-Blindness to Musk: Simple Recessive Inheritance. Nature 242, 271–273 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/242271a0
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