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Disease causation hypothesis. Disease causation is displayed ranging from almost exclusive genetic causes in the case of single-gene disorders (monogenic, recessive and dominant; top left corner, red), to diseases with a strong genetic component (metabolic, developmental, polygenic), to damage that is primarily inflicted by the environment with some component of genetic susceptibility (degenerative, infectious, toxic and trauma; bottom right corner, blue).
