Commentary: Evolution of action in cells and organisms

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1159-1160

  Weiss, Kenneth M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN;

CANCER CELL; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CELL POPULATION; COLORECTAL CANCER; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOMICS; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NOTE; POPULATION GENETICS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOBLASTOMA; SOMATIC MUTATION;

CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MUTATION; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33750221974     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyl186     Document Type: Note

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