Human cancer, the naked mole rat and faunal turnovers

Abstract We argue that the human evolutionary heritage with frequent adaptations through geological time to environmental change has affected a trade‐off between offspring variability and cancer resistance, and thus favored cancer‐prone individuals. We turn the attention to a factor setting the high...

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Main Authors: Anders Bredberg, Birger Schmitz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-04-01
Series:Cancer Medicine
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.2011