HEREDITAS ›› 2006, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (4): 486-492.
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WENG Lei-Ming1,2 ,WANG Xin1,2 ,WANG Li1 ,JIN Feng1,3
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The physiological manifestation of myopia is error of refraction. The incidence of myopia in Asian population is increasing much more rapidly compared with several decades ago. Most of the people in the relatively developed Chinese cities are developing or have developed myopia. Recently, researches reported six loci related to myopia. Viewing from the modern civilization and development of China, the sharp increase of the size of the population with myopia and the unbalanced change could not be explained only by gene mutation or any model of Mendelian inheritance. The comparison of the disparity of the economic and educational levels between in urban and rural areas showed that the onset of myopia might be influenced by both environmental and genetic factors. Special attention should be paid to myopia now to prevent severe physical problem in the Chinese urban population.
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R778.1+1
Q987
WENG Lei-Ming, WANG Xin, WANG Li, JIN Feng. Myopia and Genetics[J]. HEREDITAS, 2006, 28(4): 486-492.
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