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Mitchell et al. find harsh family environments may magnify disadvantage via impact on ‘genetic architecture’

April 08, 2014

In a study using genetic samples from 40 nine-year-old African American boys from two very different types of home environments, characterized as nurturing and harsh, Colter Mitchell and colleagues found disparities in telomere length.

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