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Positive selection during the evolution of the blood coagulation factors in the context of their disease-causing mutations.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Nov 2014
Rallapalli Pavithra M, Orengo Christine A, Studer Romain A, Perkins Stephen J
Abstract excerpt
Blood coagulation occurs through a cascade of enzymes and cofactors that produces a fibrin clot, while otherwise maintaining hemostasis. The 11 human coagulation factors (FG, FII-FXIII) have been identified across all vertebrates, suggesting that they emerged with the first vertebrates around 500 Ma. Human FVIII, FIX, and FXI are associated with thousands of disease-causing mutations. Here, we evaluated the...
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