genetic influence

collocation in English

meaningsofgeneticandinfluence

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genetic
adjective
uk
/dʒəˈnet.ɪk/us
/dʒəˈnet̬.ɪk/
belonging or relating to genes (= parts of the DNA in cells) received by each animal or plant from ...
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influence
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈɪn.flu.əns/us
/ˈɪn.flu.əns/
the power to have an effect on people or things, or a person or thing that is able to ...
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(Definition ofgeneticandinfluencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgenetic influence

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Fourth, this new genre of work promises to illumine more completely mechanisms by which the social environment influences development independent ofgeneticinfluence.
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Genetic models for the natural history of smoking : evidence for ageneticinfluenceon smoking persistence.
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Similarities with parents are more striking than differences (this may of course also reflect a sharedgeneticinfluence).
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Tracking the role of the family environment in the expression ofgeneticinfluenceon antisocial behavior provides clues to what might be inherited.
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However, it is - at best - a very imprecise indicator ofgeneticinfluenceon individual difference in developmental trajectories for three reasons.
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The results show a stronggeneticinfluencein sensation seeking, relative to results found on other personality variables.
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The magnitude ofgeneticinfluencedid not vary markedly either for the two factors or the two hemispheres.
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There is also recent evidence for ageneticinfluenceon hand preference in chimpanzees.
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The assertion by genetics researchers that twin studies revealed importantgeneticinfluenceon mental illness drew heavy fire.
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However, other as yet unrecognized environmental or nongenetic factors are important in view of the 15% upper limit ofgeneticinfluence.
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In this case, disruptions in the social environment may precede and mediate the expression ofgeneticinfluenceon disruptive behavior.
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Traits under a high degree ofgeneticinfluencecan nonetheless be quite malleable because the reaction range of the genotype is broad.
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Sometimes, behavior geneticists have advised psychosocial researchers to seek environmental measures that are free ofgeneticinfluence.
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It may well be that subtle differences in the social worlds of identical twins in comparison to fraternal twins are still masquerading asgeneticinfluence.
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The magnitude of the discrepancy between the two correlations indexes the heritability of the measure, that is, the magnitude of thegeneticinfluence.
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All mental disorders are genetically mediated and have a greater or lesser degree ofgeneticinfluenceand expression.
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Thus, the data indicate somewhat greater specificity ingeneticinfluenceon the stability of alcohol dependence than on antisocial behavior.
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While these results do not preclude ageneticinfluenceon the antisaccade task, they do not support a strong genetic overlap with schizophrenia.
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When heritability levels for all traits are considered, variation in growth is the most subject togeneticinfluence, followed by fat pad weights.
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