Epigenetic inheritance and the missing heritability

Genome-wide association studies of complex physiological traits and diseases consistently found that associated genetic factors, such as allelic polymorphisms or DNA mutations, only explained a minority of the expected heritable fraction. This discrepancy is known as “missing heritability”, and its...

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Main Authors: Trerotola, Marco, Relli, Valeria, Simeone, Pasquale, Alberti, Saverio
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4517414/