The candidate gene approach.

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Alcoholism has a significant genetic basis, and identifying genes that confer a susceptibility to alcoholism will aid clinicians in preventing and effectively treating the disease. One commonly used technique to identify genetic risk factors for complex disorders such as alcoholism is the candidate gene approach, which directly tests the effects of genetic variants of a potentially contributing gene in an...

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