genetic contribution
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgeneticandcontribution
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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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contribution
noun[C or U]
uk/ˌkɒn.trɪˈbjuː.ʃən/us/ˌkɑːn.trɪˈbjuː.ʃən/
something that you contribute or do to help produce or achieve something together with other people, or to help make ...
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(Definition ofgeneticandcontributionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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There is also consistent evidence of a substantialgeneticcontributionto depression.
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Partly this is inherent to the complex nature of thegeneticcontributionto common diseases.
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Rather, thegeneticcontributionto neural structure is usually diffuse and graded in character.
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Whatever the final estimate, it will be important to remember that a stronggeneticcontributiondoes not imply determinism.
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Geneticcontributionto risk of smoking initiation : comparisons across birth cohorts and across cultures.
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There is ageneticcontributionto the aetiology of self-reported eating disorders in the general population.
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The higher thegeneticcontribution, the smaller the effect a possibly skewed error variance can have on the distribution of mean values.
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The aim of the present study was to estimate thegeneticcontributionto the aetiology of self-reported eating disorders in a sample of representative twins.
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Testing for ageneticcontributionto smoking persistence.
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Where possible, an indication of the relativegeneticcontributionto the total phenotypic variance was given.
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It could be used to understand thegeneticcontributionto disease and to test vast arrays of new drugs.
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In short, although it appears that there is ageneticcontributionto the development of the disorder, how this contribution is achieved remains unknown.
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Growing evidence suggests ageneticcontributionto psychopathy.
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But the consensus from many different studies makes it improbable that there is anything less than a stronggeneticcontribution.
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For some theorists, the property rights that 'parents' have in frozen embryos derive from thegeneticcontributionthey have made in creating the embryos.
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It is important that the claim here is that there is ageneticcontributionto the emotional disorder that is at the heart of psychopathy.
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Thus, thegeneticcontributionto the association between environmental measures and child psychopathology may be passive, in the sense that it reflects only genetic similarity.
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Although there is no molecular level account of psychopathy, the data presented above suggest that thegeneticcontributionis manifested as reduced amygdala responsiveness.
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Otherwise, the embryo itself may have been donated, and neither 'party to treatment' may have made anygeneticcontributionto it.
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