Article
[The role of genetic and environmental factors in phenotypic variability of arterial pressure and body weight and their interconnection (a family study)].
Genetika - 1 Oct 1990
Rozanov V B, Aleksandrov A A, Belokon' N A, Koshechkin V A, Kabakova V A, Maslova E R
Abstract excerpt
Contribution of genetic and environmental factors into phenotypic variability of blood pressure and body mass as well as into phenotypic correlation between these traits was defined. It was shown that additive genetic determinant is responsible for considerable level of blood pressure and body mass variability. Those common environmental factors are of importance which operate within the limits of one generation....
Topics
- Blood Pressure
- Body Weight
- Child
- Family
- Humans
- Life Style
- Phenotype