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Progress in searching for susceptibility loci and genes for smoking-related behaviour.
Clinical genetics - 1 Nov 2004
Li M D, Ma J Z, Beuten J
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Smoking behaviour is influenced by both genetic and environmental factors. Many years of twin and adoption studies have demonstrated that heritability is at least 50% responsible for both smoking initiation and smoking persistence. Furthermore, the extent, to which genetic and environmental factors contribute to smoking behaviour, is significantly different in men and women. Linkage analyses from several...
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