Forager and farmer evolutionary adaptations to malaria evidenced by 7000 years of thalassemia in Southeast Asia

Forager and farmer evolutionary adaptations to malaria evidenced by 7000 years of thalassemia in Southeast Asia

Abstract Thalassemias are inherited blood disorders that are found in high prevalences in the Mediterranean, Southeast Asia and the Pacific. These diseases provide varying levels of resistance to malaria and are proposed to have emerged as an adaptive response to malaria in these regions. The transi...

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Main Authors: Melandri Vlok, Hallie R. Buckley, Justyna J. Miszkiewicz, Meg M. Walker, Kate Domett, Anna Willis, Hiep H. Trinh, Tran T. Minh, Mai Huong T. Nguyen, Lan Cuong Nguyen, Hirofumi Matsumura, Tianyi Wang, Huu T. Nghia, Marc F. Oxenham
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-03-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-83978-4

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-83978-4

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