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Genetic approaches to studying common diseases and complex traits.
Pediatric research - 1 May 2005
Hirschhorn Joel N
Abstract excerpt
Most common diseases and most quantitative traits that can be measured in human populations are complex genetic traits. That is, many genetic and nongenetic factors interact to determine the final phenotype, whether that phenotype is susceptibility to disease, or a quantifiable trait such as height, weight, serum cholesterol, or blood pressure. Identifying the genes that underlie the population variation in these...
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