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Post-admixture selection favours Duffy negativity in the Lower Okavango Basin
2025-11-07
Abstract excerpt
The FY*B ES allele in the human Duffy blood group is nearly fixed across much of sub-Saharan Africa. Individuals homozygous for this allele (Duffy-negative) were considered resistant to red blood cell invasion by the malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax , restricting its distribution across the continent. However, as recent studies have demonstrated that P. vivax can infect Duffy-negative individuals and is widesp...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 4507697b-07de-5842-b3b5-1c03b046b85f
- DOI
- 10.1101/2025.11.06.687002