Common copy number variations unlikely to contribute significantly toward common diseases

Wednesday, March 31, 2010 - 15:14 in Biology & Nature

A study of the genetics of common diseases including diabetes, heart disease and bipolar disorder has found that commonly occurring copy number variations -- duplicated or missing chunks of DNA in our genome -- are unlikely to play a major role in such diseases.

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