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eLife, 2022 Physical inactivity and increased sedentary time are associated with excess weight gain in observational studies. However, some longitudinal studies indicate reverse causality where weight gain leads to physical inactivity and increased sedentary time ...
Germán D Carrasquilla +4 more
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Quantitative genetics of disease traits [PDF]
, 2015 John James authored two key papers on the theory of risk to relatives for binary disease traits and the relationship between parameters on the observed binary scale and an unobserved scale of liability (James Annals of Human Genetics, 1971; 35: 47; Reich,
Visscher, P. M., Wray, N. R.
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Frontiers in Genetics, 2022 Introduction: In this study we aimed to perform the first research on the current state of compulsory basic and clinical courses in genetics for medical students offered at medical faculties in six Balkan countries with Slavic languages (Bosnia and ...
Nina Pereza +11 more
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Linking genetics with biology in disease research: an interview with Nick Hastie [PDF]
, 2012 Professor Nick Hastie is Director of the MRC Human Genetics Unit in Edinburgh, a centre originally famous for early studies of chromosome biology. He is also Director of the newly formed Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, which includes the ...
Allan, Sarah, Hastie, Nick
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BMPR1B gene in brachydactyly type 2–A family with de novo R486W mutation and a disease phenotype
Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine, 2021 Background Brachydactylies are a group of inherited conditions, characterized mainly by the presence of shortened fingers and toes. Based on the patients’ phenotypes, brachydactylies have been subdivided into 10 subtypes.
Marcin Bednarek +16 more
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Genetics of human obesity [PDF]
Comptes Rendus. Biologies, 2005 The rapid development of new concepts and tools has led to a change in the way in which researchers carry out nutrition-related research. Obesity is determined by the interaction between predisposing genetic and environmental aspects, but at present the gene–gene and gene–environment interactions contributing to the development of this complex disease ...
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Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2022 Despite meritorious attempts, a S. aureus vaccine that prevents infection or mitigates severity has not yet achieved efficacy endpoints in prospective, randomized clinical trials. This experience underscores the complexity of host-S. aureus interactions,
Tania Wong Fok Lung +10 more
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Misinformation, Misrepresentation, and Misuse of Human Behavioral Genetics Research [PDF]
, 2006 Kaplan discusses the limitations of human behavioral genetics studies, highlighting the research limitations inherent in studying humans and the narrow policy and legal applicability of results arising from behavioral genetics ...
Bergman, Karl-Olof +2 more
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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2021 Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most common type of birth defect, affecting ~1% of all live births. Malformations of the cardiac outflow tract (OFT) account for ~30% of all CHD and include a range of CHDs from bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) to ...
Adrianna Matos-Nieves +9 more
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Some pioneers of European human genetics [PDF]
, 2017 Some of the pioneers of human genetics across Europe are described, based on a series of 100 recorded interviews made by the author. These interviews, and the memories of earlier workers in the field recalled by interviewees, provide a vivid picture ...
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