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Estimation of heritability and familial correlation in myopia is not affected by past sun exposure.
Ophthalmic genetics - 1 Dec 2019
Charng Jason, Sanfilippo Paul G, Lingham Gareth, Stevenson Louis J, Mackey David A, Yazar Seyhan
Abstract excerpt
Purpose: To consider the effect of including past sun exposure in estimating heritability and familial correlation of myopia-related traits.Methods: We calculate familial correlation and heritability of anterior chamber depth (ACD), axial length (AL), corneal curvature (CC), and spherical equivalent (SphE), with or without past sun exposure as a covariate, in a large number of unrelated nuclear families from the...
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