Molecular Biology and Evolution

No genome-wide correlations and little shared genetic architecture between reproductive life-history traits and estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer risk

By Euan A. Young, E. Yagmur Erten, Erik Postma, Hannah L. Dugdale

Study in peoplePopulations

The paper

Euan A. Young, E. Yagmur Erten, Erik Postma, Hannah L. Dugdale

University of Groningen

Molecular Biology and Evolution, 31 Aug 2026

doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msag222 PubMed 42671066

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