RECENT INSIGHTS INTO THE POPULATION GENETICS AND DYNAMICS OF THE INHERITED DISORDERS OF HEMOGLOBIN

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Main Author: David J Weatherall
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2009-06-01
Series:Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.mjhid.org/article/view/5228
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spelling doaj-art-5495632d8caa46a59abe5683bebe2f4e2025-08-20T02:50:48ZengPAGEPress PublicationsMediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases2035-30062009-06-0111e2009022e2009022RECENT INSIGHTS INTO THE POPULATION GENETICS AND DYNAMICS OF THE INHERITED DISORDERS OF HEMOGLOBINDavid J Weatherall<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: ";Times New Roman";,";serif";; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;" lang="EN-GB"><strong>The inherited disorders of hemoglobin are by far the commonest monogenic diseases and there is considerable evidence that they have reached their very high frequencies due to heterozygote advantage against malaria.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Recent studies have begun to clarify the effect of interactions between malaria and some of the more severe inherited hemoglobin disorders and demonstrated how complex epistatic interactions between different hemoglobin variants with respect to malaria resistance and modification of their phenotypic severity may explain the remarkable heterogeneity of distribution and the frequency of these conditions both between and within individual populations.</strong></span>http://www.mjhid.org/article/view/5228Hemolobin Disorders, Malaria, Thalassemia, Sikcle Cell Diseases,
spellingShingle David J Weatherall
RECENT INSIGHTS INTO THE POPULATION GENETICS AND DYNAMICS OF THE INHERITED DISORDERS OF HEMOGLOBIN
Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases
Hemolobin Disorders, Malaria, Thalassemia, Sikcle Cell Diseases,
title RECENT INSIGHTS INTO THE POPULATION GENETICS AND DYNAMICS OF THE INHERITED DISORDERS OF HEMOGLOBIN
title_full RECENT INSIGHTS INTO THE POPULATION GENETICS AND DYNAMICS OF THE INHERITED DISORDERS OF HEMOGLOBIN
title_fullStr RECENT INSIGHTS INTO THE POPULATION GENETICS AND DYNAMICS OF THE INHERITED DISORDERS OF HEMOGLOBIN
title_full_unstemmed RECENT INSIGHTS INTO THE POPULATION GENETICS AND DYNAMICS OF THE INHERITED DISORDERS OF HEMOGLOBIN
title_short RECENT INSIGHTS INTO THE POPULATION GENETICS AND DYNAMICS OF THE INHERITED DISORDERS OF HEMOGLOBIN
title_sort recent insights into the population genetics and dynamics of the inherited disorders of hemoglobin
topic Hemolobin Disorders, Malaria, Thalassemia, Sikcle Cell Diseases,
url http://www.mjhid.org/article/view/5228
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