genetic component
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgeneticandcomponent
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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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component
noun[C]
uk/kəmˈpəʊ.nənt/us/kəmˈpoʊ.nənt/
a part that combines with other parts to form ...
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(Definition ofgeneticandcomponentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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An increased risk of disease in siblings indicates a hostgeneticcomponentto susceptibility.
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Thirdly, the fact that we found several genetic factors serves as a reminder that thegeneticcomponentcould operate in several rather different ways.
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To a degree, self-regulation skills may reflect temperamental qualities whose origins in a child may have ageneticcomponent.
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Therefore, although complex genetic disorders demonstrate a significant underlyinggeneticcomponent, they generally segregate in a nonmendelian fashion.
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Correspondingly, results from the current study suggest that there is a strongergeneticcomponentfor female pairs than for male pairs.
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This was interpreted as evidence against a significantgeneticcomponent.
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Second, these forms of psychopathology involve a substantialgeneticcomponentthat is likely to be relevant for the same form of disorder in the children.
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I am willing to concede that schizophrenia has ageneticcomponent, though environment certainly plays a large role in its etiology.
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Two independent studies found that cognitive vulnerability has ageneticcomponent.
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Fetal alcohol effects are variable but generally dose dependent; this variability may be interpreted as there being somegeneticcomponent.
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Our results show a greater familial compensation for post-neonatal deaths, whose determinants are mainly environmental, than for earlier deaths, with a presumptively largergeneticcomponent.
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A validation procedure is essential because between-animal variability can be high, and the ability to accumulate some of these compounds may have ageneticcomponent.
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Although disorders vary somewhat in the strength of theirgeneticcomponent, the main message lies in the finding that genetic influences are ubiquitous.
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Thegeneticcomponentof the variation is determined by allele polymorphism.
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When the analysis was done by location, a few sites had a relatively high and significantgeneticcomponent.
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It appears therefore that although the genetics are not yet firmly established, there is sufficient evidence to indicate an appreciablegeneticcomponentto the procedure.
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First, it is possible that female libido does not have ageneticcomponent.
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Endophenotypes are quantitative traits (pathophysiological markers) that share a substantialgeneticcomponentwith the clinical disorder.
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Thegeneticcomponentof the second strategy allows the targeting of high-risk relatives carrying the mutated gene.
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