Selective Pressures on Human Cancer Genes along the Evolution of Mammals
Cancer is a disease driven by both somatic mutations that increase survival and proliferation of cell lineages and the evolution of genes associated with cancer risk in populations. Several genes associated with cancer in humans, hereafter cancer genes, show evidence of germline positive selection a...
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| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2018-11-01
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| Series: | Genes |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/9/12/582 |