Genetic polymorphism of the alpha 2-adrenergic receptor is associated with increased platelet aggregation, baroreceptor sensitivity, and salt excretion in normotensive humans.

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It is likely that a number of independent heritable traits, each encoded by a singular gene, contribute to pathologic elevations in blood pressure in humans. Genetic polymorphisms of individual genes may result in intermediate phenotypes which, by themselves, do not raise blood pressure, but, coupled with environmental or epistatic forces, contribute to the prevalence of human hypertension. The gene for the alpha...

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