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DNA secondary structure: A common and causative factor for expansion in human disease

Year: 1999

Type: review

Abstract: Humans become increasingly fragile as they age. We show that something similar may happen to states, although for states, the risk of termination levels off as they grow older, allowing some to persist for millennia. Proximate causes of their ...How states and great powers rise and fall is an intriguing enigma of human history. Are there any patterns? Do polities become more vulnerable over time as they age? We analyze longevity in hundreds of premodern states using survival analysis to help ...

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.5.1823

Author: Cynthia T. McMurray

Institution: Mayo Clinic

Language: English

Topic: DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry

Subfield: Molecular Biology

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

Awards: G2094116286, DNA EXPANSION IN SCHIZOPHRENIA