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A novel sickle cell mutation of yet another origin in Africa: the Cameroon type.
Human genetics - 1 May 1992
Lapouméroulie C, Dunda O, Ducrocq R, Trabuchet G, Mony-Lobé M, Bodo J M, Carnevale P, Labie D, Elion J, Krishnamoorthy R
Abstract excerpt
The sickle cell mutation (beta s) arose as at least three independent events in Africa and once in Asia, being termed the Senegal, Benin, Bantu and Indian types respectively. An investigation in Cameroon was carried out to determine whether the atypical sickle genes observed in the neighboring countries are the result of recombination or the presence of a sickle cell mutation of a different genetic origin. It was...
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