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Short-term memory advantage for brief durations in human APOE ε4 carriers
The Apolipoprotein-E (APOE) ε4 gene allele, the highest known genetic risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease, has paradoxically been well preserved in the human population. One possible explanation offered by evolutionary biology for survival of deleterious genes is antagonistic pleiotropy. This theory...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group UK
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7289888/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32528115 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-66114-6 |