Human evolution: a legacy of cannibalism in our genes?
作者信息
Brookfield John F Y
机构信息
Institute of Genetics, University of Nottingham, Queens Medical Centre, NG7 2UH, Nottingham, UK.
出版信息
Curr Biol. 2003 Aug 5;13(15):R592-3. doi: 10.1016/s0960-9822(03)00522-0.
Abstract
A new study of genetic variation in the human prion protein gene suggests that balancing selection has operated on an amino acid sequence polymorphism in the gene during the last five hundred thousand years. Is this a legacy of widespread cannibalism by our ancestors?
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