Evolution of the human genome under selective pressure from malaria: Applications for control

Parassitologia

Volumn 41, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 77-82

  Miller, L H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Human polymorphisms; Malaria; P. Vivax; Pathogenesis; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MALARIA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; MALARIA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 0033182215     PISSN: 00482951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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