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non-specific some genes? why not "some non-specific genes"?

 
 
Reply Sat 26 Sep, 2015 11:33 am
"non-specific some genes" sounds awkward to me.
What do you think?
Has "some non-specific genes" the same meaning?

Context:

A deeper understanding of the underlying biology is essential to
improve diagnoses and therapies. New techniques - genome-wide
association studies, imaging and the optical manipulation of neural
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Early detection and a clearer understanding of environmental factors may allow prevention of psychiatric disorders.

circuits - are ushering in an era in which the neural circuitry underlying cognitive dysfunctions, for example, will be delineated. Tantalizingly, work in genetics is indicating how non-specific some genes are for schizophrenia, having associations in common with bipolar disorder and with autism. This
suggests that the earlier stages of psychiatric disorders are multi valent,
reinforcing the hope that early detection, coupled with a clearer under-
standing of the environmental factors, may allow prevention.

-nature, Vol 463 | Issue no. 7277 | 7 January 2010
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Reply Sat 26 Sep, 2015 02:04 pm
Tantalizingly, work in genetics is indicating how non-specific some genes are for schizophrenia,

work / is indicating
(how) genes are \specific

(some and non are adjectives)
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Reply Sat 26 Sep, 2015 05:38 pm
@oristarA,
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is indicating how non-specific some genes are...


It's comparative:

This thermometer is indicating how hot some regions are compared to others.
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Reply Sat 26 Sep, 2015 08:24 pm
Got it.
Thank you both.
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