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Malaria Genetic and Evolutionary Aspects /

This book was originally conceived at a conference at the University of Turin in Italy. The conference was organized to examine the so-called "Malaria Hypothesis", that is to say, the higher fitness of t- lassemia heterozygotes in a malarial environment, and to pay tribute to the proponent...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Dronamraju, Krishna R. (Editor ), Arese, Paolo (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2006.
Edición:1st ed. 2006.
Colección:Emerging Infectious Diseases of the 21st Century,
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • J.B.S. Haldane (1892-1964)
  • Removal of Early Parasite Forms from Circulation as a Mechanism of Resistance Against Malaria in Widespread Red Blood Cell Mutations
  • Clinical, Epidemiological, and Genetic Investigations on Thalassemia and Malaria in Italy
  • Resistance to Antimalarial Drugs: Parasite and Host Genetic Factors
  • Evolutionary Origins of Human Malaria Parasites
  • Vector Genetics in Malaria Control
  • The Rate of Mutations of Human Genes
  • Disease and Evolution.