Myopia as a latent phenotype of a pleiotropic gene positively selected for facilitating neurocognitive development, and the effects of environmental factors in its expression

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1209-1215

  Mak, W ^a   Kwan, M W M ^a   Cheng, T S ^a   Chan, K H ^a   Cheung, R T F ^a   Ho, S L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTION; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MYOPIA; NATURAL SELECTION; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PLEIOTROPY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MYOPIA; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 33645215669     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2005.11.037     Document Type: Article

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