The effects of old and recent migration waves in the distribution of HBB*S globin gene haplotypes
Abstract Sickle cell hemoglobin is the result of a mutation at the sixth amino acid position of the beta (β) globin chain. The HBB*S gene is in linkage disequilibrium with five main haplotypes in the β-globin-like gene cluster named according to their ethnic and geographic origins: Bantu (CAR), Beni...
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| Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Genética
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| Series: | Genetics and Molecular Biology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572016000400515&lng=en&tlng=en |