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polygen (mehrere Gene sind für ein Merkmal verantwortlich)
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Die späte, polygen verursachte Form
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www.klinikum.uni-muenchen.de
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The late, polygenic type
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Der Haupthistokompatibilitätskomplex ist sowohl polygen (er enthält verschiedene Loci, die Proteine mit identischer Funktion codieren) als auch polymorph (er besitzt für jeden Locus mehrere Allele;
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www.planet-schule.de
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The main histocompatibility complex is both polygenetic (it contains various loci which code proteins with identical function) and polymorphous (it possesses several allele for each locus:
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Das dabei identifizierte „fat mass and obesity associated“-Gen wurde inzwischen in vielen unabhängigen Studien bestätigt und gilt als das am besten untersuchte Adipositas-Polygen.
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www.ngfn.de
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The “fat mass and obesity associated” gene had been identified, which had been confirmed in many independent studies.It is currently the best investigated obesity polygene.
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