β S gene in sicily is in linkage disequilibrium with the benin haplotype: Implications for gene flow

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 139-141

  Ragusa, Angela ^a   Lombardo, Mario ^b   Sortino, Grazia ^b   Lombardo, Turi ^b   Nagel, Ronald L ^c   Labie, Dominique ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b Servizio Talassemia USL 35 Ospital Ferrarotto ^*  (Italy)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Central West Africa; sickle cell anemia; gene cluster

Indexed keywords

GENE FLOW; HEMOGLOBIN B; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BENIN; CHILD; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HEMOGLOBIN, SICKLE; HUMAN; LINKAGE (GENETICS); POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SICILY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0023946035     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: 10968652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.2830270214     Document Type: Article

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