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SUBMITTER: Ujvari B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5897632 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ujvari Beata B Klaassen Marcel M Raven Nynke N Russell Tracey T Vittecoq Marion M Hamede Rodrigo R Thomas Frédéric F Madsen Thomas T
Proceedings. Biological sciences 20180301 1875
Genetic diversity is essential for adaptive capacities, providing organisms with the potential of successfully responding to intrinsic and extrinsic challenges. Although a clear reciprocal link between genetic diversity and resistance to parasites and pathogens has been established across taxa, the impact of loss of genetic diversity by inbreeding on the emergence and progression of non-communicable diseases, such as cancer, has been overlooked. Here we provide an overview of such associations a ...[more]