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Results 1 - 6 of 6 for Proportion
  1. Is athletic performance determined by genetics?: MedlinePlus Genetics 
    ... α-actinin-3, which appears to reduce the proportion of fast-twitch muscle fibers and increase the proportion of slow-twitch fibers in the body. Some ... The 577RR genotype is associated with a high proportion of fast-twitch fibers and is seen more ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../understanding/traits/athleticperformance - Genetics
  2. What is a gene variant and how do variants occur?: MedlinePlus Genetics 
    ... variant, while other cells will not. When a proportion of somatic cells have a gene variant and ... or may not cause health problems. When a proportion of egg or sperm cells have a variant ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../mutationsanddisorders/genemutation - Genetics
  3. What is heritability?: MedlinePlus Genetics 
    ... a given trait: Heritability does not indicate what proportion of a trait is determined by genes and what proportion is determined by environment. So, a heritability of ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../understanding/inheritance/heritability - Genetics
  4. What is noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT) and what disorders can it screen for?: MedlinePlus Genetics 
    ... be able to identify fetal chromosome abnormalities. The proportion of cfDNA in maternal blood that comes from ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/understanding/testing/nipt - Genetics
  5. What are reduced penetrance and variable expressivity?: MedlinePlus Genetics 
    ... autosomal recessive inheritance pattern. Penetrance refers to the proportion of people with a particular genetic variant (or ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../inheritance/penetranceexpressivity - Genetics
  6. Is longevity determined by genetics?: MedlinePlus Genetics 
    ... old, the centenarians on Sardinia include a significant proportion of men. Researchers are studying whether hormones, sex- ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/understanding/traits/longevity - Genetics