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Gene-lifestyle interactions and their consequences on human health.
Medicine and sport science - 1 Jan 2009
Pomeroy Jeremy, Söderberg Anna M, Franks Paul W
Abstract excerpt
Our genes are the conduit through which the environment communicates to the cells in our bodies. The responses to these signals include hormonal, metabolic and neurological changes to tissues and organs that manifest as phenotypes - measurable responses to gene transcription and translation. Thus, the health consequences of lifestyle behaviors such as physical activity, which can be broadly defined as...
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