Genetic epidemiology is the study of the role of genetic factors in determining health and disease in families and in populations, and the interplay of such genetic factors with environmental factors. Genetic epidemiology seeks to derive a statistical and quantitative analysis of how genetics work in large groups.

Definition

The use of the term Genetic epidemiology emerged in the mid-1980s as a new scientific field.

In formal language, genetic epidemiology was defined by Newton Morton,

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