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A co-evolutionary look at a host-parasite interaction: sickle cell anemia and malaria

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A co-evolutionary look at a host-parasite interaction: sickle cell anemia and malaria

Casey, Kimberly
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10057/1197
Date: 2005

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This paper discusses sickle cell anemia, malaria, and how the malaria parasites played a role in human evolution by providing protective qualities that insured reproductive success in individuals who carried the sickle cell trait.

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