Abstract
AT least two mechanisms have been proposed to account for the maintenance of high frequencies of the haemoglobin S gene in areas of endemic malaria: differential mortality (operating primarily on children)1–5 and increased fertility among A/S females6–8.
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EATON, J., MUCHA, J. Increased Fertility in Males with the Sickle Cell Trait?. Nature 231, 456–457 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/231456a0
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