JoshuaZ comments on Genes are overrated - Less Wrong

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Comment author: JoshuaZ 20 April 2011 03:43:00AM 6 points [-]

They haven't found genes for breast cancer but they have found them for skin color.

BRCA1 and BRCA2 are both genes where certain forms of them result in breast cancer being more likely, and we have a somewhat well understood mechanism for how they do this.