Adaptive evolution of the tumour suppressor BRCA1 in humans and chimpanzees

Nature Genetics

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 410-413

  Huttley, Gavin A ^a   Easteal, Simon ^a   Southey, Melissa C ^b,c   Tesoriero, Andrea ^b   Giles, Graham G ^d   McCredie, Margaret R E ^e,f   Hopper, John L ^c   Venter, Deon J ^b,c  

^a Australian National University   (Australia)

^b PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^e CANCER RESEARCH DIVISION   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; MICROSATELLITE DNA; RAD51 PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CHIMPANZEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

DARWINIA; MAMMALIA; PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES;

EID: 0034425607     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/78092     Document Type: Article

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