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Community genetics. Its definition 2010 [PDF]
This paper presents a definition of the medical field of community genetics. It starts with a brief historical overview, defines the requirements for an adequate definition, presents the definition, and discusses the constituent parts of the definition.
Kate, L.P. +13 more
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Translating genomics: cancer genetics, public health and the making of the (de)molecularised body in Cuba and Brazil [PDF]
This article examines how cancer genetics has emerged as a focus for research and healthcare in Cuba and Brazil. Drawing on ethnographic research undertaken in community genetics clinics and cancer genetics services, the article examines how the ...
Sahra Gibbon
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Rewriting Human History and Empowering Indigenous Communities with Genome Editing Tools. [PDF]
Appropriate empirical-based evidence and detailed theoretical considerations should be used for evolutionary explanations of phenotypic variation observed in the field of human population genetics (especially Indigenous populations). Investigators within
Fox, Keolu +2 more
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How genomic information is accessed in clinical practice: an electronic survey of UK general practitioners. [PDF]
Genomic technologies are having an increasing impact across medicine, including primary care. To enable their wider adoption and realize their potential, education of primary health-care practitioners will be required.
Evans, WRH +4 more
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Community genetics and community medicine* [PDF]
In the decades to come, molecular genetic insights and techniques will have great influence on prevention and health care. Health care providers should anticipate important new developments rather than just wait and see. For community doctors, who can impossibly oversee all relevant developments in sufficient detail, close communication with the ...
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Genetics is considered a branch of science dealing with the study of heredity and variation in genes and genotype. A hybrid subspecialty of genetics and public health has come up in recent years.
Shilpa Rai +4 more
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Jordan: Communities and Community Genetics
The population in Jordan mounted from half a million in 1952 to 5.3 millions in 2004 and is composed of a variety of ethnic groups, the majority being Arabs. Couples nowadays tend to have fewer children, with the total fertility rate falling from 7.4 in 1976 to 3.7 in 2004. Consanguineous marriages are traditionally favored, with the preferred marriage
Hanan, Hamamy +3 more
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Plant Cellular and Molecular Biotechnology: Following Mariotti's Steps [PDF]
This review is dedicated to the memory of Prof. Domenico Mariotti, who significantly contributed to establishing the Italian research community in Agricultural Genetics and carried out the first experiments of Agrobacterium-mediated plant genetic ...
Caretto, Sofia +11 more
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The genetics of indirect ecological effects - plant parasites and aphid herbivores
When parasitic plants and aphid herbivores share a host, both direct and indirect ecological effects (IEEs) can influence evolutionary processes.
Jennifer K Rowntree +6 more
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Effect of genotype on herbivory and growth rate in Heliconia stricta in a common garden experiment in the Amazon [PDF]
Plant genotype is known to affect plant-invertebrate interactions. However, in megadiverse tropical habitats there has been relatively little exploration of the influence of the plant genotype on plant growth and biotic interactions in an experimental ...
Xaali O’REILLY-BERKELEY +5 more
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