Exploring the potential relevance of human-specific genes to complex disease

Human Genomics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 99-107

  Cooper, David N ^a   Kehrer Sawatzki, Hildegard ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complex disease; Disease genes; Evolution; Human specific genes; Mutations; Polymorphisms

Indexed keywords

GENE; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; MUTATION; REVIEW;

GENES; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MUTATION;

EID: 79955829987     PISSN: 14739542     EISSN: 14797364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1479-7364-5-2-99     Document Type: Review

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