Exploring the potential relevance of human-specific genes to complex disease

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Although human disease genes generally tend to be evolutionarily more ancient than non-disease genes, complex disease genes appear to be represented more frequently than Mendelian disease genes among genes of more recent evolutionary origin. It is therefore propo...

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Main Authors: Cooper David N, Kehrer-Sawatzki Hildegard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-01-01
Series:Human Genomics
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Online Access:http://www.humgenomics.com/content/5/2/99