That could be due to the genetic effects of parents who like to read.
The reason is that genetic effects are stronger than birth order effects.
The genetic effects of radiation, including the effect of cancer risk, were recognized much later.
Suppose the people at Tarnover decided there must be a genetic effect involved?
That would be immensely difficult, and the genetic effects of the chemical are largely unknown anyway.
These 14 were so closely related that they had the genetic effect of being only eight individuals.
It is said that genes cause genetic effects in our bodies.
This is one step in the right direction to find the genetic effects that might allow us to determine an intervention's success or failure.
The team's latest studies on birds suggest that the contamination is linked to some unusual genetic effects.
The genetic effects most often seem to be fatal at the very start of life, researchers say.