Environment change, geographic migration and sickle cell anaemia

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 519-529

  Veytsman, B A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Change; Human evolution; Malaria; Migration; Sickle cell anaemia; Steady state

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030821670     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-997-1508-z     Document Type: Article

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