Vertical transmission

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Vertical transmission, also known as Mother-to-child transmission refers to transmission of an infection, such as HIV, hepatitis B, or hepatitis C, from mother to child during the perinatal period, the period immediately before and after birth. It is a term also used in population genetics to describe inheritance of an allele or condition from either the father or mother.

Vertical transmission tends to evolve benign symbiosis. It is therefore a critical concept for evolutionary medicine.

In Dual Inheritance Theory, vertical transmission refers to the passing of cultural traits from parents to children.^[1]

[edit] See also

• Horizontal transmission

[edit] References

1. ^ Cavalli-Sfornza, L. and M. Feldman. 1981. Cultural Transmission and Evolution: A Quantitative Approach. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press.

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