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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 allowed them to rule out difference in economic status, access to health care and other factors which would generally confound a genetic effect.
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This clearly suggests that the observed contradictory associations for this SNP are spurious rather than caused by the "cohort effect" that occurs when different characteristics of two cohorts alter the genetic effect.
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