Around the world, innovative genomic - medicine programs capitalize on singular capabilities arising from local health care systems, cultural or political milieus, and unusual
selected risk alleles or disease burdens.
Not exact matches
It is well known that purebred dog breeds are associated with differing susceptibility to specific malignancies, suggesting that
selected breeds of dog are inheriting «at
risk»
alleles for very few genes, perhaps even a single gene, with a profound effect.
However, caution should be used in aggressively
selecting against mutant
alleles which have low penetrance or low
risk for the disease state when the mutant
alleles are common throughout the breed.