α-Thalassaemia and the Malaria Hypothesis
- 1 January 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Acta Haematologica
- Vol. 78 (2-3) , 173-179
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000205870
Abstract
Recent population genetic studies of the distribution of α+-thalassaemia in Melanesia using DNA analysis have provided strong support for the hypothesis that high frequencies of this genetic disorder are the result of natural selection by malariaKeywords
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