DNA researchers report a father failed a paternity test because the genes in his saliva differ from his sperm’s. One in eight people might possess such “chimeric” genes caused by a twin lost in the womb.
Studies on DNA methylation have the potential to discover mechanisms of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. However, the role of DNA methylation in CVD etiology remains unclear. We performed an epigenome-wide association study (EWAS) on CVD in a longitudi
Since, hair color is affected by population stratification; we used the three Dutch ancestry PCs as covariates [28] and excluded ethnic outliers similar as the twin modeling. Other covariates that were included were binary dummies for genotyping platform, sex and age. Analysis was performed with ...
This twin family study first aimed to investigate the evidence for genetic factors predicting the risk of lifetime prevalence of non-specific low back pain of at least three months duration (LBP (life)) and one-month current prevalence of thoracolumbar b