Article
Genetics and genomics of alcohol sensitivity.
Molecular genetics and genomics : MGG - 1 Jun 2014
Morozova Tatiana V, Mackay Trudy F C, Anholt Robert R H
Abstract excerpt
Alcohol abuse and alcoholism incur a heavy socioeconomic cost in many countries. Both genetic and environmental factors contribute to variation in the inebriating effects of alcohol and alcohol addiction among individuals within and across populations. From a genetics perspective, alcohol sensitivity is a quantitative trait determined by the cumulative effects of multiple segregating genes and their interactions...
Topics
- Alcoholism
- Animals
- Epigenesis, Genetic
- Ethanol
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genomics
- Humans
- Phenotype