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Population genetics

greater fitness of heterozygous carriers than either homozygote, which keeps a harmful allele in a population, classically shown for sickle cell trait and malaria.

In population genetics, heterozygote advantage refers to greater fitness of heterozygous carriers than either homozygote, which keeps a harmful allele in a population, classically shown for sickle cell trait and malaria. This meaning comes from Allison (1954) in BMJ.[1]

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References

  1. Allison, A. C. (1954). Protection Afforded by Sickle-cell Trait Against Subtertian Malarial Infection. BMJ, 1(4857), 290-294. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.1.4857.290

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