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. 2012 Aug 7;279(1740):2926-9.
doi: 10.1098/rspb.2012.0542. Epub 2012 May 9.

BRCA1/2 mutations, fertility and the grandmother effect

Jack da Silva  1
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BRCA1/2 mutations, fertility and the grandmother effect

Jack da Silva. Proc Biol Sci. .
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