title: Bringing genetic background into focus.
abstract: Researchers should embrace differences in genetic background to build richer disease models that more accurately reflect the level of variation in the human population, posits Clement Chow.
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Genetics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Room 5150, 15 North 2030 East, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA.
authors.forename: Clement Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Chow
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004330:Drosophila / Q000235:genetics; D000068617:Genetic Background; D014644:Genetic Variation; D005826:Genetics, Medical / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D009154:Mutation