Survey Examines Recessive Alzheimer Disease Gene

Runs of homozygosity (ROHs, regions of the genome where the copies inherited from parents are identical) may contribute to the etiology (origin) of Alzheimer disease (AD). This is according to a study by Mahdi Ghani, Ph.D., of the University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and colleagues. Caribbean Hispanics are known to have an elevated risk for AD and tend to have large families with evidence of inbreeding, according to the study background. A ...

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