Resistance to malaria in humans: The impact of strong, recent selection

Malaria Journal

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Hedrick, Philip W ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age of allele; Duffy; Epistasis; Sickle cell; Thalassaemia

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN BETA CHAIN;

ALLELE; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALARIA; POPULATION GENETICS; REVIEW;

DISEASE RESISTANCE; HUMANS; MALARIA; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84867636695     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-11-349     Document Type: Review

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