eLife (May 2019)

Getting to the heart of cardiovascular evolution in humans

  • Alex Pollen,
  • Bryan J Pavlovic

DOI
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.47807
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8

Abstract

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Differences in the response of cardiomyocytes to oxygen deprivation in humans and chimpanzees may explain why humans are more prone to certain heart diseases.

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