The selfish germ

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 12 Jul 2017 English Publisher:Public Library of Science (PLoS)Journal:PLOS Biology, volume 15, page e2003250 (eissn: 1545-7885,

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Authors: Andrew F. Read;

doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2003250

pmid: 28700584

pmc: PMC5507475

The selfish germ

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Abstract

Curiosity about the sex life of a wasp led to a new way of thinking and a powerful demonstration that evolutionary science could be predictive. That same approach could help find ways to slow or prevent treatment failures in cancer and infectious diseases.

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Pennsylvania State University
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Keywords

QH301-705.5, Research Matters, Drug Resistance, Neoplasm, Humans, Drug Resistance, Microbial, Sex Ratio, Biology (General), Models, Theoretical, Selection, Genetic

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