Contrasting histories of G6PD molecular evolution and malarial resistance in humans and chimpanzees

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1592-1601

  Verrelli, Brian C ^a,b   Tishkoff, Sarah A ^c   Stone, Anne C ^a   Touchman, Jeffrey W ^a,b,d  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

^d TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chimpanzee; Glucose 6 phosphate dehydrogenase; Malarial resistance

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; MALARIA; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIMATE; SAMPLE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; APE DISEASES; BASE SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; MALARIA; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES;

EID: 33748061950     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msl024     Document Type: Article

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