BRCA1/2 mutations, fertility and the grandmother effect

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1740, 2012, Pages 2926-2929

  da Silva, Jack ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTILITY; HERITABILITY; MUTATION;

EID: 84863083832     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.0542     Document Type: Article

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