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The resurrection of a disease-linked gene

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An unusual tale of a gene lost, then found, during human evolution.

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  1. Heidi Ledford
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Ledford, H. The resurrection of a disease-linked gene. Nature (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2009.140

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