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Konstantinos Voskarides1,2

  • 1Department of Basic and Clinical Sciences, University of Nicosia Medical School, Nicosia, Cyprus. voskarides.c@unic.ac.cy.

Journal of Molecular Evolution
|June 26, 2024
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Keywords:
AdaptationAntagonistic pleiotropyAutoimmune diseaseEvolutionary medicineMigrationMutation

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