Is there a paradigm shift in genetics? Lessons from the study of human diseases

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 259-265

  Weiss, Kenneth M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MEDICAL GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHENOTYPE;

ALLELES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETICS, MEDICAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0030078281     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpev.1996.0019     Document Type: Article

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