Environmental Factors Can Override Genetic Ancestry for Gene Expression Linked to Disease

Mar 07, 2018

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NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – The environment where people live can have a greater effect on their transcriptomes than their genetic ancestry, and influences disease risk, according to a new study.

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Environmental Factors Can Override Genetic Ancestry for Gene Expression Linked to Disease

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