human genetics
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study of genes, heredity, and variation in humans
Research
1,738,350 papers- Human genetics and malaria resistance.Human genetics · 2020
- Human genetics of meningococcal infections.Human genetics · 2020
- Human genetics of life-threatening influenza pneumonitis.Human genetics · 2020
- Human genetics and its impact on cardiovascular disease.Journal of cardiology · 2022
- Next-generation human genetics for organism-level systems biology.Current opinion in biotechnology · 2019
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Human genetics is the study of inheritance as it occurs in human beings. Human genetics encompasses a variety of overlapping fields including: classical genetics, cytogenetics, molecular genetics, biochemical genetics, genomics, population genetics, developmental genetics, clinical genetics, and genetic counseling.
Genes are the common factor of the qualities of most human-inherited traits. Study of human genetics can answer questions about human nature, can help understand diseases and the development of effective treatment and help us to understand the genetics of human life. This article describes only basic features of human genetics; for the genetics of disorders please see: medical genetics. For information on the genetics of DNA repair defects related to accelerated aging and/or increased risk of cancer please see: DNA repair-deficiency disorder.