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Testing in Mice the Hypothesis That Melanin Is Protective in Malaria Infections
Malaria has had the largest impact of any infectious disease on shaping the human genome, exerting enormous selective pressure on genes that improve survival in severe malaria infections. Modern humans originated in Africa and lost skin melanization as they migrated to temperate regions of the globe...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2012
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3252320/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22242171 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0029493 |