As we focus our attention to proto-oncogene and tumor suppressor genes, a negative trend was observed between microsatellite abundance and body mass, but the correlation was not highly significant (slope = −0.059, R 2 = 0.12, P-value = 0.076) ( Supplementary Fig.
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Evolutionary constraints over microsatellite abundance in larger mammals as a potential mechanism against carcinogenic burden.
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