Rate of change of sickle allele frequency may be influenced by total fertility rate: a sesquicentenary reflection on human micro-evolution
Br J Haematol
.
2009 Nov;147(4):582-3.
doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2009.07845.x.
Epub 2009 Aug 2.
Authors
Colin A McKenzie
,
Neil A Hanchard
,
Rosalind Harding
,
Ian Hambleton
,
Bernadette Modell
PMID:
19664003
DOI:
10.1111/j.1365-2141.2009.07845.x
No abstract available
Publication types
Letter
MeSH terms
Anemia, Sickle Cell / genetics*
Biological Evolution
Birth Rate / trends*
Female
Gene Frequency
Humans
Jamaica / epidemiology