Seasonal variation of genotype-specific fertility and adaptation to endemic diseases: A study in past malarial areas of Italy

Human Biology

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 837-848

  Bottini, Massimo ^a   Gloria Bottini, Fulvia ^b  

^a BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

ACP1; Endemic diseases; G6PD; Italy; Malaria; Sardinia; Seasonal diseases; Seasonal fertility

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COLD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FERTILITY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALARIA; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORBIDITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER;

EID: 18944385435     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hub.2005.0012     Document Type: Article

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