Negative epistasis between α+ thalassaemia and sickle cell trait can explain interpopulation variation in South Asia.
Recent studies in Kenya and Ghana have shown that individuals who inherit two malaria-protective genetic disorders of haemoglobin-α(+) thalassaemia and sickle cell trait-experience a much lower level of malaria protection than those who inherit sickle cell trait alone. We have previously demonstrate...
| Κύριοι συγγραφείς: | , , , |
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| Μορφή: | Journal article |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
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2011
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