Mutagen Sensitivity Has High Heritability: Evidence from a Twin Study
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Mutagen sensitivity has high heritability: evidence from a twin study.
Despite numerous studies showing that mutagen sensitivity is a cancer predisposition factor, the heritability of mutagen sensitivity has not been clearly established. In this report, we used a classic twin study design to examine the role of genetic and environmental factors on the mutagen sensitivity phenotype. Mutagen sensitivity was measured in peripheral blood lymphocytes from 460 individua...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cancer Research
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0008-5472,1538-7445
DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-06-1007