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Classical sickle beta-globin haplotypes exhibit a high degree of long-range haplotype similarity in African and Afro-Caribbean populations
BACKGROUND: The sickle (β(s)) mutation in the beta-globin gene (HBB) occurs on five "classical" β(s )haplotype backgrounds in ethnic groups of African ancestry. Strong selection in favour of the β(s )allele – a consequence of protection from severe malarial infection afforded by heterozygo...
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BioMed Central
2007
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1997132/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17688704 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2156-8-52 |