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. 2005 Dec 24;331(7531):1509-10.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7531.1509.

Sex symbols ancient and modern: their origins and iconography on the pedigree

G D Schott  1
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Sex symbols ancient and modern: their origins and iconography on the pedigree

G D Schott. BMJ. .

Abstract

Sex symbols on pedigrees were illustrated quite differently 150 years ago. What brought about the change?

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One version of the classical male and female symbols on a pedigree. Filled symbols denote clinically affected individuals with facio-scapulo-humeral muscular dystrophy
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Derivation of the classical male and female pedigree symbols, Thouros and Phosphoros, from Greek letters
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Contemporary male and female symbols were first used in this pedigree of colour blindness in 1845
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The clarity and simplicity of contemporary symbols, as illustrated by the Wedgwood-Darwin-Galton pedigree. Published by the Eugenics Education Society, 1909. Reproduced with permission of Museum of London
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Husain b. Ali Shah. 15th century Turko-Mongol genealogy, probably made for Khalil Sultan, showing linked circles for men, symbolic of heaven. H2152; reproduced with permission of the Topkapi Sarayi Müzesi, Istanbul
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