The effects of old and recent migration waves in the distribution of HBB*S globin gene haplotypes
Abstract Sickle cell hemoglobin is the result of a mutation at the sixth amino acid position of the beta (β) globin chain. The HBB*S gene is in linkage disequilibrium with five main haplotypes in the β-globin-like gene cluster named according to their ethnic and geographic origins: Bantu (CAR), Beni...
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| Language: | eng |
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2016
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| Online Access: | http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572016000400515 |
| Country: | Brazil |
| Oai: | oai:scielo:S1415-47572016000400515 |