Genetics of alcoholism and substance abuse.

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Twin studies have demonstrated that addictive disorders are genetically and environmentally influenced. Our knowledge of behavioral differences predisposing to addiction is advancing rapidly, particularly in alcoholism but also in the other addictions, through studies on animals and humans. Recently, linkage analyses in humans and rodents have pointed to genomic regions harboring genes which influence addiction...

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