Alcoholism: Researchers Identify Group of 39 Genes Together Are Strongly Linked With Alcoholism

Researchers identify group of 39 genes together are strongly linked with alcoholism
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There is good evidence from studies of families and twins that genetics plays an important role in the development of alcoholism. However, hundreds of genes likely are involved in this complex disorder, with each variant contributing only a very small effect. Thus, identifying individual risk genes is difficult.
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