Cargando…

Genome-wide association testing in malaria studies in the presence of overdominance

BACKGROUND: In human genetics, heterozygote advantage (heterosis) has been detected in studies that focused on specific genes but not in genome-wide association studies (GWAS). For example, heterosis is believed to confer resistance to certain strains of malaria in patients heterozygous for the sick...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Akoth, Morine, Odhiambo, John, Omolo, Bernard
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2023
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10084622/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37038187
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-023-04533-2