Selection for a dominant oncogene and large male size as a risk factor for melanoma in the Xiphophorus animal model

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 3114-3123

  Fernandez, André A ^a   Bowser, Paul R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Evolutionary biology; Fish; Molecular evolution; Natural selection; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

FISH PROTEIN; ONCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; XMRK PROTEIN, XIPHOPHORUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; DOMINANT GENE; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; MATE CHOICE; MELANOMA; POPULATION GENETICS; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FEMALE; FISH PROTEINS; GENES, DOMINANT; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; MELANOMA; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RISK FACTORS; SELECTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; PISCES; XIPHOPHORUS; XIPHOPHORUS CORTEZI;

EID: 77954854885     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04738.x     Document Type: Article

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