Deena Emera

No ORCID on file · 1 paper in corpus · active 2011

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  • endometriosis 1
article 2011
The evolution of menstruation: A new model for genetic assimilation
BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology ·doi:10.1002/bies.201100099

Why do humans menstruate while most mammals do not? Here, we present our answer to this long-debated question, arguing that (i) menstruation occurs as a mechanistic consequence of hormone-induced differentiation of the endometrium (referred…