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Resistance to malaria in humans: the impact of strong, recent selection

Malaria is one of the leading causes of death worldwide and has been suggested as the most potent type of selection in humans in recent millennia. As a result, genes involved in malaria resistance are excellent examples of recent, strong selection. In 1949, Haldane initially suggested that infectiou...

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Autor principal: Hedrick, Philip W
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3502258/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23088866
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-11-349