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Specific genetic variants can be linked to a particular condition by analyzing the genomes of large groups of people with and without the disorder.Credit: Gregory Adams/Getty Researchers have identified the first evidence of genetic risk factors associated with borderline personality disorder (BPD). The analysis, published in Nature genetics July 201is the largest genome-wide association study