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High frequencies of α-thalassaemia are the result of natural selection by malaria
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- Authors
- Flint, J., Hill, A. V. S., Bowden, D. K., Oppenheimer, S. J., Sill, P. R., Serjeantson, S. W., Bana-Koiri, J., Bhatia, K., Alpers, M. P., Boyce, A. J., Weatherall, D. J., & Clegg, J. B.
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 1986-06
- Volume
- 321
- Issue
- 6072
- Pages
- 744-750
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
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- W1990356699
- Cited by
- 425
- References
- 37
- FWCI
- 14.33
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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