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SUBMITTER: Morozova TV
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4037586 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Morozova Tatiana V TV Mackay Trudy F C TF Anholt Robert R H RR
Molecular genetics and genomics : MGG 20140107 3
Alcohol abuse and alcoholism incur a heavy socioeconomic cost in many countries. Both genetic and environmental factors contribute to variation in the inebriating effects of alcohol and alcohol addiction among individuals within and across populations. From a genetics perspective, alcohol sensitivity is a quantitative trait determined by the cumulative effects of multiple segregating genes and their interactions with the environment. This review summarizes insights from model organisms as well a ...[more]