word
candidate gene study
KAN-dih-dayt JEEN STUD-ee
ˈkændɪdeɪt dʒiːn ˈstʌdiListen
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Syllable breakdown
candidategenestudy
Dictionary meaning
research approach that hypothesizes a specific gene is involved in a trait or disorder based on prior biological knowledge, then tests whether variations in that gene are associated with the trait; largely superseded by genome-wide association studies due to historically high false positive rates
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