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Re:Theory Suggests That All Genes Affect Every Complex Trait by zfrenchee on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @03:53PM (#17359108)
The original paper is https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(17)30629-3 There was a nice follow up last week https://www.cell.com/cell/abstract/S0092-8674(18)30714-1 There's a lot of good theoretical biology to be done here. I don't think any of us systems biologists are surprised about this result, but pinning down exactly the structure of the genetic basis for complex traits is going to be an interesting enterprise.
Re:Theory Suggests That All Genes Affect Every Complex Trait by dekhn on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @03:54PM (#17359117)
You might want to check out the evo-devo community. They've been doing that for some time.