An Evolutionary Perspective on Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism Screening in Molecular Cancer Epidemiology
Zhu Y, Spitz MR, Amos CI, Lin J, Schabath MB, Wu X. An Evolutionary Perspective on Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism Screening in Molecular Cancer Epidemiology. Cancer Research 2004, 64: 2251-2257. PMID: 15026370, DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-03-2800.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSingle nucleotide polymorphismsAmino acidsConservation levelDifferent cancer-related genesHuman DNA repair genesTolerance indexMolecular evolutionary approachEntire human genomeNonsynonymous single nucleotide polymorphismsSingle nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) screeningTarget single nucleotide polymorphismsDNA repair genesAmino acid changesEvolutionary conservationHuman genomeCancer-related genesMolecular epidemiological studiesSelective pressureMolecular cancer epidemiologyDifferent speciesPhenotypic functionsAcid changesRepair genesEvolutionary perspectivePolymorphism screening