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 of that h...

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Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Dronamraju, Krishna R. (Συγγραφέας), Arese, Paolo (Συγγραφέας)
Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2006.
Σειρά:Emerging Infectious Diseases of the 21st Century
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • 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.