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How similar are amino acid mutations in human genetic diseases and evolution.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 19 Oct 2007
Wu Hao, Ma Bin-Guang, Zhao Ji-Tao, Zhang Hong-Yu
Abstract excerpt
Accumulating evidence indicates that some deleterious mutations responsible for genetic diseases may offer benefits for human to prevent other diseases. Therefore, human genetic diseases and evolution were tentatively regarded as the two sides of the same coin, which stimulated our interest to explore how similar are amino acid mutations in human genetic diseases and evolution. Through a large-scale analysis on...
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