Darwin's Pangenesis as a molecular theory of inherited diseases

Gene

Volumn 582, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 19-22

  Liu, Yongsheng ^a,b   Li, Xiuju ^a,b  

^a HENAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Circulating DNA; Darwin' Pangenesis; Inherited diseases; Mobile RNAs; Prions

Indexed keywords

DNA; PRION; RNA;

CANCER GENETICS; DARWIN PANGENESIS; GENETIC DISORDER; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; METASTASIS; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGENERATION; REVIEW; THEORY; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; PRION; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS;

DNA; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETIC FITNESS; HUMANS; PRIONS; RNA; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84959139372     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: 18790038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2016.01.051     Document Type: Review

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