This can be triggered by a multitude of things including, pollen, molds, plastics, sleep, paint, feathers, aspirin, car exhaust, cigarette smoke, wood, etc.
What is Asthma?
200
This is the chromosome that is focused on in this chapter.
What is chromosome 5?
300
This is the Matt Ridley's favorite hypothesis, it states that the more you wash yourself and the less you are exposed to dirt and bacteria the more likely you are to develop Asthma.
What is the Hygiene Hypothesis?
400
These two terms state that features such as your "looks" are affected by multiple "looks" genes along with many non-genetic factors.
What is pleiotrophy and pluralism?
500
This man found a connection between asthma and the gene for Interleukin 4.