There is a growing recognition that the roles of genetic predisposition and environmental factors in the epidemic of obesity and related diseases should not be ignored.
Beyond heart disease, there are a growing number of genes already known to influence predispositions to common diseases like breast and colon cancer, depression and dementia.
There is a growing literature showing the important effect-mediation that physical activity has on the genetic predispositions to be obese [15, 17 19].
However, despite a growing body of clinical and basic science research of applying complexity theory in aging and illness [2], [3], [4], [5], the relationship between the loss of such complexity and a genetic predisposition is still unclear.
An example of a phenocopy in the context of this paper would be a child with a strong genetic predisposition for ADHD but growing up in a rigid, bizar, and unempathic family.
There is growing evidence to suggest a genetic predisposition to HL, based on many reports of familial aggregation of the disease [4] [6], including a twin study [7].
Recently, there is growing evidence pointing to hereditary predisposition and biological characteristics of the eutopic endometrium as the determinative factors in the pathogenesis of MTOE.
"It may produce a physiological predisposition to better sleeping".
There is growing evidence, however, that PDR has a genetic predisposition [ 12– 12].
It shows a mind-set, a predisposition to ignore evidence.
And finally, if your pet is growing into his golden years, of it he is a breed with a hereditary predisposition to the disease, be proactive about asking your vet to monitor your furry friend's eye pressure.
