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Different evolutionary histories of the coagulation factor VII gene in human populations?
Annals of human genetics - 1 Jan 2010
Athanasiadis Georgios, Esteban Esther, Gayà-Vidal Magdalena, Dugoujon Jean-Michel, Moschonas Nicholas, Chaabani Hassen, Bissar-Tadmouri Nisrine, Harich Nourdin, Stoneking Mark, Moral Pedro
Abstract excerpt
Immoderate blood clotting constitutes a risk factor for cardiovascular disease in modern industrialised societies, but is believed to have conferred a survival advantage, i.e. faster recovery from bleeding, on our ancestors. Here, we investigate the evolutionary history of the Coagulation Factor VII gene (F7) by analysing five cardiovascular-risk-associated mutations from the F7 promoter and nine neutral...
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