Opinion -: The balance between heritable and environmental aetiology of human disease

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Hemminki, Kari
Bermejo, Justo Lorenzo
Forsti, Asta
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[1] Deutsch Krebsforschungszentrum, German Canc Res Ctr, Div Mol Genet Epidemiol, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
[2] Karolinska Inst, Ctr Family Med, S-14183 Huddinge, Sweden
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10.1038/nrg2009
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Q3 [遗传学];
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071007 ; 090102 ;
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The Human Genome Project and the ensuing International HapMap Project were largely motivated by human health issues. But the distance from a DNA sequence variation to a novel disease gene is considerable; for complex diseases, closing this gap hinges on the premise that they arise mainly from heritable causes. Using cancer as an example of complex disease, we examine the scientific evidence for the hypothesis that human diseases result from interactions between genetic variants and the environment.
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