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malaria hypothesis: a standalone construct

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Human genetics

the proposal that some red cell disorders stay common because carriers resist malaria, tested first for sickle cell trait.

In human genetics, malaria hypothesis refers to the proposal that some red cell disorders stay common because carriers resist malaria, tested first for sickle cell trait. This meaning comes from Allison (1954) in BMJ.[1]

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  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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