= Human genetics
<Human genetics> studies inherited variation and its biological consequences in humans. It connects <pedigrees>, molecular analysis and <population genetics> to questions about ancestry, development and disease. Family segregation can identify an inheritance pattern, while a <biological population> association identifies correlation with a variant or linked region. Neither automatically supplies the molecular mechanism: functional measurements are needed to establish how a variant changes a process. <Talking Glossary of Genomic and Genetic Terms by NHGRI>[Genetics; Genetic Association entry]{ref}
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