Important associations between genetics, sleep behavior identified by study

A research initiative exploring the utility of genetic information in the clinical setting has published a study and identified six noteworthy genes that affect human sleep duration. The focus of the paper was to identify the genes associated with sleep duration and validate the connection between sleep and several demographic and lifestyle factors, including age, gender, weight, ethnicity, exercise, smoking and alcohol.

Originally published at http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/01/160112125725.htm