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    It is not the case that Resolving the controversy requires causal specificity about *which* factors explain variation, not just acknowledgment that interactions exist—a standard molecular genetics can meet where quantitative genetics cannot.

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    • 1.Molecular genetics typically explains single loci in isolation; population-level gene-gene and gene-environment interactions remain statistically unresolved at molecular scale.
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    • 2.Identifying a causal mechanism for one allele doesn't automatically resolve which factors explain *variation* across populations—molecular and quantitative approaches address different questions.
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    • 3.Quantitative genetics provides predictive and heritable variation estimates at population scales where molecular findings often prove context-dependent and non-generalizable.
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    • 1.Molecular genetics identifies specific alleles and their biochemical effects, enabling mechanistic explanations of phenotypic variation unavailable to quantitative approaches.
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    • 2.Gene-by-environment interactions at the molecular level reveal which particular genetic variants respond to environmental conditions, not just that interactions occur.
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    • 3.Quantitative genetics treats genetic effects as statistical abstractions, masking causal specificity needed to distinguish pleiotropic from linked loci.
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