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Metabolic diseases: the environment determines the odds, even for genes.
News in physiological sciences : an international journal of physiology produced jointly by the International Union of Physiological Sciences and the American Physiological Society - 1 Jun 2002
Schmidt Ingrid
Abstract excerpt
The odds for well-being or illness are determined by the interplay of genetic and environmental impacts. In this review, normal and disturbed body weight regulation are used to demonstrate the role of integrative bioresearch in bridging the gap between identified genotypes and an understanding of the functions of redundant and plastic control systems underlying phenotypes.
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