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Gene environment interaction is an influence on the expression of a trait that results from the interplay between genes and the environment.
… Gene Environment Interaction … Gene environment interaction is an influence on the expression of … that results from the interplay between genes and the environment. … Gene–environment interaction refers to the interplay of genes … Gene environment interaction is an influence on the …
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How well cancer patients fare after chemotherapy can be affected by their social interaction with other patients during treatment.
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A complex disease is caused by the interaction of multiple genes and environmental factors.
… Genes, Cancer, Heart Disease, Gene-environment Interactions … with significant influences of the physical and social environment. For this reason, complex diseases are also … that is more directly caused by mutations in a single gene. Common examples of complex genetic diseases include …
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Susceptibility is a condition of the body that increases the likelihood that the individual will develop a particular disease.
… Gene, Gene Environment Interaction, Inherited, Risk …
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Risk, in the context of genetics, refers to the probability that an individual will be affected by a particular genetic disorder.
… Gene, Gene Environment Interaction, Inherited, Susceptibility … because they inherit a genetic variant (or allele) in one gene or a combination of many variants in different genes …
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Dr. Rongling Li is an epidemiologist and program director in the Division of Genomic Medicine at the National Human Genome Research Institute.
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… variant in the duffy antigen receptor for chemokines gene. PLoS Genetics , 5(1): e1000360. 2009. [ PubMed ] CY … Zmuda, TB. Harris. Plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1 gene polymorphisms and haplotypes are associated with plasma … "The 894T allele of endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene is related to left ventricular mass in African Americans …
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Dr. Philip Shaw was an investigator in the Social and Behavioral Research Branch at the National Human Genome Research Institute.
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… Next we use these heritable brain phenotypes for both gene discovery (through GWAS) and gene understanding. Translational studies:  We are attempting … Philip Shaw, gene-environment interactions, attention deficit hyperactivity …
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A stop codon is a trinucleotide sequence within a messenger RNA (mRNA) molecule that signals a halt to protein synthesis.
… Amino Acids, Cell, Codon, Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA), Gene Environment Interaction, Genetic Code, Messenger RNA (mRNA), Protein, Translation, Gene …
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On January 11, 2021, NHGRI and The George Washington University organized an interactive webinar.
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More research must be done to understand the interactions of ancient genes with modern environments.
… Africans and people of African descent. Mutations in the gene APOL1 , for example, evolved to offer protection against … been made but more research must be done to understand the interactions of ancient genes with modern environments," said … More research must be done to understand the interactions of ancient genes with modern environments. …