Word: werewolfish
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Reporting on hairy ear rims around the globe at the Rome genetics meeting last week, Dr. R. Ruggles Gates of London showed that the werewolfish trait is sexlinked. Only men have hairy ear rims, and nearly all of their sons inherit growths. On the other hand, their daughters have hairless ears, and so do those daughters' sons. The chromosome responsible: Y, the male sex determinant...