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A Pipeline using Bilateral In Utero Electroporation to Interrogate Genetic Influences on Rodent Behavior
Published on: May 21, 2020
[Genetics of development and behaviour]
1Hospital Nacional de Pediatría Prof. Dr. Juan P. Garrahan. hlejarraga@garrahan.gov.ar
Abstract:
Quantitative genetics can make a significant contribution to disentangle the relative influence of genetics and environment on human development and its disorders. Estimates of Pearson s correlation coefficients between siblings, mono and dizogotic twins reared together or apart, allows the calculation of heredability, that is, the contribution of genetics to the variance of a given trait. In the case of many aspects of intellectual development, heredability is around 50%. The rests is attributable to the influence of environment. The influence of genetics on development should be considered as a trend, a risk, rather than a programmed fate.
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