Susceptibility to favism is inherited as a sex-linked trait and appears to be closely related to glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency. |
Favism, a hemolytic anemia that follows the eating of fava or broadbeans, provides a textbook example of a genotype X environment interaction. |
Certain people with an inherited blood abnormality develop a serious disorder called favism, if they eat these beans or even inhale their pollen. |