Reproductive behaviour and natural selection for the sickle gene in the Baiga Tribe of Central India: The role of social parenting

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 231-236

  Reddy, P H ^a,b   Modell, B ^a   Gynaecology, ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATURAL SELECTION; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

EID: 0029758036     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.1996.tb00426.x     Document Type: Article

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