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Genes in context: probing the genetics of fracture resistance.
Exercise and sport sciences reviews - 1 Jul 2007
Sharkey Neil A, Lang Dean H
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Fracture resistance is a complex trait dictated by bone volume, shape, internal architecture, and material performance of the calcified tissue itself, all of which may be influenced by a large number of different genetic and environmental processes. Quantitative Trait Loci analyses provide a sobering picture of this system and illustrate the importance of considering genes in context.
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