Evidence of over-dominance for sickle cell trait in a population sample from Buenaventura, Colombia

Sickle cell disease is a hereditary disease caused by a hemoglobin variant, known as hemoglobin S.This hemoglobin variant has a high frequency in areas where malaria is prevalent, because heterozygous genotype has a protective action against malaria infec

Autores:

Fong Reales, Cristian javier

Tipo de recurso:

Article of journal

Fecha de publicación:

2023

Institución:

Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia

Repositorio:

Repositorio UCC

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OAI Identifier:

oai:repository.ucc.edu.co:20.500.12494/50243

Acceso en línea:

https://doi.org/10.5897/IJGMB2014.0106
https://academicjournals.org/journal/IJGMB/article-abstract/8E4460450921
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12494/50243

Palabra clave:

BUENAVENTURA
FITNESS
HEMOGLOBIN S
MLARIA RESISTANT
OVER-DOMINANCE
SELECTION COEFFICIENT.

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