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Here is an excellent paper in Nature Genetics:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41588-020-0599-0
But you are right that environmental factors are also critical. Most types of myopia are modulated by gene-by-environmental interactions.
Lots of near-work is the number 1 culprit. But susceptibility to near work is a function of your genome.
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Here is an excellent paper in Nature Genetics:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41588-020-0599-0
But you are right that environmental factors are also critical. Most types of myopia are modulated by gene-by-environmental interactions.
Lots of near-work is the number 1 culprit. But susceptibility to near work is a function of your genome.