Cherubfish

Cherubfish

Oh, there's a precedent for multi-allele gene complexes being responsible for various traits, one I'm particularly fond of ... namely, the Rhesus factor in humans. The genetic underpinnings for this were determined by one Cyril Clarke, a former member of my Entomology Society, who had previously worked out a similar mechanism underpinning the inheritance of mimetic wing patterns in female Papilio dardanus butterflies, and used the connection to direct the research into treatment for Perinatal Rhesus Haemolytic Disease. For which he was knighted, and won the 1980 Lasker Award.

Cherubfish

Cherubfish

Cherubfish

Cherubfish

Cherubfish

Cherubfish

Cherubfish

Cherubfish 

Cherubfish