Heterozygote advantage.
Open Access
- 1 May 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 52 (5) , 343-344
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.52.5.343
Abstract
The advantage of heterozygosity in human populations is discussed especially with relation to 2 major diseases, fibrocystic disease and thalassemia. Several explanations of the possible transmission and the subsequent incidence of the diseases are offered.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
- Oyster Ciliary Inhibition by Cystic Fibrosis FactorScience, 1969
- Abnormal Serum Factor in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis of the PancreasPediatric Research, 1967
- A genetic study of fibrocystic disease of the pancreasAnnals of Human Genetics, 1965