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The Case for Selection at CCR5-Δ32
The C-C chemokine receptor 5, 32 base-pair deletion (CCR5-Δ32) allele confers strong resistance to infection by the AIDS virus HIV. Previous studies have suggested that CCR5-Δ32 arose within the past 1,000 y and rose to its present high frequency (5%–14%) in Europe as a result of strong positive sel...
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Public Library of Science
2005
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1275522/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16248677 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0030378 |