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Bioinformatics and approaches to identifying polygenic susceptibility traits.
Annals of periodontology - 1 Dec 2002
Weir Bruce S
Abstract excerpt
The role of genetic factors in periodontal disease is now well recognized, although details for the genetic mechanisms of the disease and implications for therapy can be as obscure as they are for other human traits. This paper addresses the role that the analysis of genome-wide data might play in helping to understand the molecular determinants of periodontal risk. Very few human diseases are not polygenic, in...
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