Maternal effect: An additional mechanism maintaining balanced polymorphisms of haemoglobinopathies?

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 538-542

  Duchovni Silva, I ^a,b   Ramalho, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EMBRYO DEATH; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FATHER; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INHERITANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MARRIAGE; MOTHER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SICKLE CELL TRAIT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ZYGOTE;

ADULT; ALLELES; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BRAZIL; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOTHERS; PEDIGREE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 0348143115     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.2003.00068.x     Document Type: Article

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