Homozygosity and risk of childhood death due to invasive bacterial disease

• Hlavní autoři: Williams Thomas N (Autor), Shafi Mohammed (Autor), Mwangi Isaiah (Autor), Berkley James A (Autor), Amos William (Autor), Lyons Emily J (Autor), Newton Charles R (Autor), Peshu Norbert (Autor), Marsh Kevin (Autor), Scott J Anthony G (Autor), Hill Adrian VS (Autor)
• Médium: Kniha
• Vydáno: BMC, 2009-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Témata: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Genetic heterozygosity is increasingly being shown to be a key predictor of fitness in natural populations, both through inbreeding depression, inbred individuals having low heterozygosity, and also through chance linkage between a m...