Heritability of malaria in Africa.

While many individual genes have been identified that confer protection against malaria, the overall impact of host genetics on malarial risk remains unknown.We have used pedigree-based genetic variance component analysis to determine the relative contributions of genetic and other factors to the va...

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Main Authors: Margaret J Mackinnon, Tabitha W Mwangi, Robert W Snow, Kevin Marsh, Thomas N Williams
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2005-12-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1277928?pdf=render