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- Title
Can we identify genes for alcohol consumption in samples ascertained for heterogeneous purposes?
- Authors
Hansell, Narelle K; Agrawal, Arpana; Whitfield, John B; Morley, Katherine I; Gordon, Scott D; Lind, Penelope A; Pergadia, Michele L; Montgomery, Grant W; Madden, Pamela A F; Todd, Richard D; Heath, Andrew C; Martin, Nicholas G
- Abstract
Previous studies have identified evidence of genetic influence on alcohol use in samples selected to be informative for alcoholism research. However, there are a growing number of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) using samples unselected for alcohol consumption (i.e., selected on other traits and forms of psychopathology), which nevertheless assess consumption as a risk factor. Is it reasonable to expect that genes contributing to variation in alcohol consumption can be identified in such samples?
- Publication
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research, 2009, Vol 33, Issue 4, p729
- ISSN
1530-0277
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1530-0277.2008.00890.x