With a history of gall stones walls of the gall bladder become fibrotic. Fibrosis robs the walls of their elasticity. The bladder will therefore be unable to expand to permit passage of the stone. Jaundice results. Thus if jaundice exists in the presence of a distended gall-bladder, the diagnosis cannot be gall stones. It is more likely to be caused by pressure from another organ; for instance, tumour at the head of the pancreas.
(American) Form of Wanda, meaning “a wanderer” Lawandah, Lawannda, Lawahnda, Lawonda, Lawonnda, Lawohnda, Lawande, Lawandis... lawanda
rules of inheritance based on the breeding experiments of the Austrian monk Gregor Mendel (1822–84), which showed that the inheritance of characteristics is controlled by particles now known as *genes. In modern terms they are as follows. (1) Each body (somatic) cell of an individual carries two factors (genes) for every characteristic and each gamete carries only one. It is now known that the genes are arranged on chromosomes, which are present in pairs in somatic cells and separate during gamete formation by the process of *meiosis. (2) Each pair of factors segregates independently of all other pairs at meiosis, so that the gametes show all possible combinations of factors. This law applies only to genes on different chromosomes; those on the same chromosome are affected by *linkage. See also dominant; recessive.... mendel’s laws
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