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CYCLOPISM is a malformation which has been recognized for many years and which may have furnished the model for the Homeric monsters. It has been suggested that this developmental disorder is hereditary, but until recently there has been no proof of this.
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PFITZER, P., MÜNTEFERING, H. Cyclopism as a Hereditary Malformation. Nature 217, 1071–1072 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/2171071a0
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