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Selfish evolution of placental hormones

We hypothesize that some placental hormones—specifically those that arise by tandem duplication of genes for maternal hormones—may behave as gestational drivers, selfish genetic elements that encourage the spontaneous abortion of offspring that fail to inherit them. Such drivers are quite simple to...

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Autores principales: Keegan, Grace, Patten, Manus M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9426663/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36050940
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/emph/eoac031

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