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Genetic characterization of uniparental lineages in populations from Southwest Iberia with past malaria endemicity.
American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council - 1 Jan 2000
Pereira Vânia, Gomes Verónica, Amorim António, Gusmão Leonor, João Prata Maria
Abstract excerpt
Malaria endemicity in Southwest Iberia afforded conditions for an increase of sickle cell disease (SCD), which in the region follows a clinal pattern toward the south, where foci of high prevalence were found. SCD distribution is associated with specific geographical areas, and therefore, its introduction into Iberia may be related to the migration of different populations. We have analyzed the variation of...
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