genetic risk
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgeneticandrisk
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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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risk
noun
uk/rɪsk/us/rɪsk/
the possibility of something ...
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These improvements in the outcome of pregnancy, nonetheless, concomitantly increase thegeneticriskin the surviving population.
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The present study replicated and extended this paradigm, including individuals with elevatedgeneticriskfor schizophrenia.
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Adopted girls atgeneticriskbecame depressed only if there was serious psychopathology in the rearing adoptive parents.
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In other words, adverse family environments were important only in girls who were atgeneticriskfor depression.
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Inferences on the detailed genetic basis of inbreeding depression should thus be helpful for characterizing thegeneticriskthat may threaten small and fragmented populations.
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However, if the sample is atgeneticriskfor reading and language problems, the effect of shared reading may seem minimal.
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Recommendations for medical management of women withgeneticriskof developing breast and/or ovarian ' ' cancer.
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However, a drawback to this method lies in accurately defininggeneticrisk.
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These designs infer overall genetic liability that will include the effects of all differentgeneticriskfactors.
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The number of high-risk genotypes was computed for each child and served as an index of totalgeneticrisk.
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Similarly, if one demonstrates heritability of negative attributions or even a specificgeneticrisk, then this would start, not complete, a developmental psychopathology analysis.
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Geneticriskfactors for suicidality were examined in a multinomial logistic regression model.
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For boys, peer victimization was related to aggression regardless of the child'sgeneticriskfor such behavior.
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Results also provided support for the notion of a gene-environment interaction between peer victimization and child'sgeneticriskfor aggressive behavior, albeit only in girls.
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Accordingly, this study examined whether the link between peer victimization and child aggression is moderated by children'sgeneticriskfor such behavior.
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Relatives with a high presumedgeneticriskfor schizophrenia performed no worse than other relatives.
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Due to the post-spermatogonial germ cell specificity of ifosfamide, thegeneticriskis limited to a few weeks after exposure.
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These results suggest that the process of assigning aberrant salience may operate in subjects atgeneticriskfor psychosis.
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