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Genome-wide analysis of human disease alleles reveals that their locations are correlated in paralogous proteins.
PLoS computational biology - 1 Nov 2008
Yandell Mark, Moore Barry, Salas Fidel, Mungall Chris, MacBride Andrew, White Charles, Reese Martin G
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The millions of mutations and polymorphisms that occur in human populations are potential predictors of disease, of our reactions to drugs, of predisposition to microbial infections, and of age-related conditions such as impaired brain and cardiovascular functions. However, predicting the phenotypic consequences and eventual clinical significance of a sequence variant is not an easy task. Computational approaches...
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