Rate of change of sickle allele frequency may be influenced by total fertility rate: A sesquicentenary reflection on human micro-evolution

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 582-583

  McKenzie, Colin A ^a   Hanchard, Neil A ^b   Harding, Rosalind ^c   Hambleton, Ian ^a   Modell, Bernadette ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genetics; Haemoglobinopathies; Malaria; Sickle cell anaemia

Indexed keywords

FERTILITY; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMAN; LETTER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BIRTH RATE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; JAMAICA;

EID: 70350435451     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2009.07845.x     Document Type: Letter

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