Stable and unstable genes: distribution among species and range of mutations.

doi:10.1016/0306-9877(95)90078-0

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Stable and unstable genes: distribution among species and range of mutations.

Medical hypotheses - 1 Feb 1995

Frei J V

Abstract excerpt

An expansion of the 'stable' gene hypothesis proposed previously is the hypothesis that there is a range of genes, some proto-oncogenes and some not, varying from those with multiple copies in the genome, wide distribution among species, and limited mutability because of a specific protective sta...

Topics

Animals
Biological Evolution
Genes
Genes, APC
Genes, p53
Genome
Genotype
Humans
Mice
Mice, Knockout
Models, Biological
Models, Genetic
Mutation
Species Specificity

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