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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 … function) and the physical and social environment. These interactions influence the expression of phenotypes. For …
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A complex disease is caused by the interaction of multiple genes and environmental factors.
… and environmental factors. … Genes, Cancer, Heart Disease, Gene-environment Interactions … A complex disease (or condition), when …
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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 … Li, epidemiology, electronic medical records, gene-environment interactions, gene-drug interactions … Dr. Rongling Li is an …
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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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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. … Human Genome Research Institute. … Philip Shaw, gene-environment interactions, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, ADHD, …
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Susceptibility is a condition of the body that increases the likelihood that the individual will develop a particular disease.
… that the individual will develop a particular disease. … Gene, Gene Environment Interaction, Inherited, Risk … Susceptibility, as …
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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.
… will be affected by a particular genetic disorder. … Gene, Gene Environment Interaction, Inherited, Susceptibility … Risk, as …
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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 … A stop codon is a sequence of three nucleotides (a …
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CRGGH researchers Amy Bentley and Charles Rotimi have just completed a large-scale, multi-ancestry genome-wide analysis of gene × smoking interactions on the concentration of serum lipids, including high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL), and triglycerides.
… a large-scale, multi-ancestry genome-wide analysis of gene × smoking interactions on the concentration of serum lipids, including … and triglycerides. … The study was conducted through the Gene-Lifestyle Interactions Working Group of the Cohorts for …
Event
On January 11, 2021, NHGRI and The George Washington University organized an interactive webinar.