[citation needed] Ecogenetics principally deals with effects of preexisting genetically-determined variability on the response to environmental agents.
[2] The word environmental is defined broadly to include the physical, chemical, biological, atmospheric, and climate agents.
Red blood cell conditions There is a broad group of genetic diseases that result in either producing or predisposing affected individuals to the development of hemolytic anemias.
Cardiovascular diseases The pathologic lesion of atherosclerosis is a plaque-like substance that thickens the innermost and middle of the three layers of the artery wall.
The thickening of the intimal and medial layers results from the accumulation of the proliferating smooth muscle cells that are encompassed by interstitial substances such as collagen, elastin, glycosaminoglycans, and fibrin.