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The selfish germ
Curiosity about the sex life of a wasp led to a new way of thinking and a powerful demonstration that evolutionary science could be predictive. That same approach could help find ways to slow or prevent treatment failures in cancer and infectious diseases.
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Public Library of Science
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5507475/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28700584 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2003250 |
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spelling | pubmed-55074752017-07-25 The selfish germ Read, Andrew F. PLoS Biol Research Matters Curiosity about the sex life of a wasp led to a new way of thinking and a powerful demonstration that evolutionary science could be predictive. That same approach could help find ways to slow or prevent treatment failures in cancer and infectious diseases. Public Library of Science 2017-07-12 /pmc/articles/PMC5507475/ /pubmed/28700584 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2003250 Text en © 2017 Andrew F. Read http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
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title | The selfish germ |
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title_short | The selfish germ |
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topic | Research Matters |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5507475/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28700584 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2003250 |
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