32) Quantitative population genetics in breeding: gene-environment interaction Flashcards
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Why are gene-environment interactions studied?
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- To gain a better understanding of various phenomena
- Used in genetic epidemiology: Helps to understand diseases
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Rather than inheriting diseases…
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Sensitivity to environmental risk factors for a disease are inherited
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Describe gene-environment interaction of disease
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- Individuals with different genotypes are affected differently by exposure to the same environmental factors
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Give an example of gene-environment interaction
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- Sunlight exposure has a stronger influence on cancer risk in fair-skinned humans
- Rather than darker skin
