Heritability of malaria in Africa
Background: While many individual genes have been identified that confer protection against malaria, the overall impact of host genetics on malarial risk remains unknown. Methods and findings: We have used pedigree-based genetic variance component analysis to determine the relative contributions of...
Κύριοι συγγραφείς: | Mackinnon, M, Mwangi, T, Snow, R, Marsh, K, Williams, T |
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Μορφή: | Journal article |
Γλώσσα: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2005
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