Article
Incomplete penetrance of MHC susceptibility genes: prospective analysis of polygenic MHC-determined traits.
Tissue antigens - 1 Sept 2000
Alper C A, Awdeh Z
Abstract excerpt
We propose an approach to understanding incomplete penetrance of disease susceptibility genes as a method of studying the underlying mechanisms of polygenic diseases. Incomplete penetrance is the failure of genetically susceptible individuals to exhibit a trait. We define as baseline penetrance t...
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