ea0016s3.2 | Gene/environment interactions in autoimmune endocrine disease | ECE2008
Hunter David J
The cataloguing of human genes and determination of common genetic variation in the human genome presents the major challenge of determining how inherited genetic variation affects our health. Epidemiologists are responsible for assessing the proportion of specific diseases associated with particular genotypes, and how these genotypes interact with environmental and lifestyle factors in disease causation. The advent of the capacity to perform Genome-Wide Association Studies ha...