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Sex-specific phenotypic effects and evolutionary history of an ancient polymorphic deletion of the human growth hormone receptor
24 Sept 2021
Abstract excerpt
leads to the female-like gene expression in male livers and the disappearance of sexual dimorphism in weight. The sex- and diet-dependent effects of GHRd3 in our mouse model are consistent with a model in which the allele frequency of GHRd3 varies throughout human evolution as a response to fluctuations in resource availability.
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