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Directional and balancing selection in human beta-defensins
BACKGROUND: In primates, infection is an important force driving gene evolution, and this is reflected in the importance of infectious disease in human morbidity today. The beta-defensins are key components of the innate immune system, with antimicrobial and cell signalling roles, but also reproduct...
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BioMed Central
2008
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2373304/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18416833 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-8-113 |