Blood Sample
COGA requests that their subjects provide a blood sample, which is then processed and examined at Rutgers University. Genes not only carry information about eye and skin color, but also carry vulnerability to specific diseases, and probably cause a susceptibility to alcoholism as well. COGA is attempting to find those chromosomes involved in alcoholism and have located specific loci thought to be involved.
Read more about this topic: Collaborative Studies On Genetics Of Alcoholism
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