Did natural selection for increased cognitive ability in humans lead to an elevated risk of cancer?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 453-456

  Arora, Gaurav ^a   Polavarapu, Nalini ^a   McDonald, John F ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CANCER RISK; CHIMPANZEE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC SIMILARITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; METABOLISM; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

COGNITION; EVOLUTION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; NEOPLASMS; SELECTION (GENETICS);

PAN;

EID: 67649603171     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2009.03.035     Document Type: Article

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