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Breast cancer protection by genomic imprinting in close kin families

Human inbreeding generally reduces breast cancer risk (BCR). When the parents are biologically related, their infants have a lower birth weight due to smaller body organs. The undersized breasts, because of fewer mammary stem cells, have a lower likelihood of malignant conversion. Fetal growth is re...

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Autores principales: Denic, Srdjan, Agarwal, Mukesh M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5696730/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29157216
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12881-017-0498-0