Natural Selection on Genes that Underlie Human Disease Susceptibility

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Year: 2008
Type: article
Volume: 18
Issue: 12
Pages: 883-889
Citations: 227
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                                    Ran Blekhman, 
                                
                                    Orna Man, 
                                
                                    Leslie Herrmann
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2008). 
                            Natural Selection on Genes that Underlie Human Disease Susceptibility. 
                            Current Biology
                            , 18
                            (12)
                            , 883-889.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2008.04.074
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.04.074