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Genotype-environment interaction and sociology: contributions and complexities.
Social science & medicine (1982) - 1 May 2010
Seabrook Jamie A, Avison William R
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Genotype-environment interaction (G x E) refers to situations in which genetic effects connected to a phenotype are dependent upon variability in the environment, or when genes modify an organism's sensitivity to particular environmental features. Using a typology suggested in the G x E literature, we provide an overview of recent papers that show how social context can trigger a genetic vulnerability, compensate...
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