"*Gene Frequency"

A Plea for the Newborn Diagnosis of Hb S-Hereditary Persistence of Fetal Hemoglobin.
The gene for hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin (HPFH) in the Caribbean is much more common than previously estimated. To avoid …
Graham R. Serjeant, Beryl E. Serjeant, Ian R. Hambleton, Matthew Oakley, Swee Lay Thein, Barnaby Clark
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Rate of change of sickle allele frequency may be influenced by total fertility rate: a sesquicentenary reflection on human micro-evolution.
Colin A. McKenzie, Neil A. Hanchard, Rosalind Harding, Ian Hambleton, Bernadette Modell
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Predicted declines in sickle allele frequency in Jamaica using empirical data.
The high frequency of the sickle allele in some parts of Africa is understood to be a consequence of high malarial endemicity. One …
N. A. Hanchard, I. Hambleton, R. M. Harding, C. A. McKenzie
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The frequency of the sickle allele in Jamaica has not declined over the last 22 years.
The ‘malaria hypothesis’ predicts that the frequency of the sickle allele, which is high in malaria-endemic African …
N. A. Hanchard, I. Hambleton, R. M. Harding, C. A. McKenzie
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