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genetic effect

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genetic effect
Genetics The result of exposure to substances–eg, radiation that cause damage to the genes of germinal cells–ie, sperm or egg. See Teratogenicity.


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This volume contains a review and assessment by an independent panel of the research plan for the National Children's Study, what will be the largest long-term study of environmental and genetic effects on children's health ever conducted in the US.
This is the first empirical DNA-based evidence" for many small genetic effects adding up to schizophrenia, says Pamela Sklar of Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard University, who coauthored the consortium study.
Some scientists were interested in genetic effects, others in environmental effects.
 
 
 
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