Genetics: quantitative versus qualitative characters.
Some of the main topics regarding the inheritance of a complex trait are discussed and the relative procedure of genetic analysis described. In particular, two complementary approaches to the study of an inherited trait in humans are outlined: the biometrical approach and the proposed methodology of dissection of the complex trait into its components. Some aspects relating to the genetics of essential hypertension are used as examples.
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Department of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Milan, Italy.
D001794:Blood Pressure; D005826:Genetics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000235:genetics* / Q000503:physiopathology