NR APFM
AU Brookfield,J.F.
TI Human evolution: a legacy of cannibalism in our genes?
QU Current Biology 2003 Aug 5; 13(15): R592-3
PT journal article; review; review, tutorial
AB 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?
ZR 7
MH *Cannibalism; *Evolution; Heterozygote; Human; Kuru/genetics; *Polymorphism (Genetics); Prions/*genetics; *Selection (Genetics)
AD Institute of Genetics, University of Nottingham, Queens Medical Centre, NG7 2UH, Nottingham, UK
SP englisch
PO England