From genotype to phenotype: Genetics and medical practice in the new millennium

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 354, Issue 1392, 1999, Pages 1995-2010

  Weatherall, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Haemoglobinopathies; Malaria hypothesis; Phenotype genotype; Population genetics; Thalassaemia

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033616127     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1999.0539     Document Type: Article

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