β-Thalassemia in India: A Classic Case of Genetic Adaptation in Response to a Pathogen with a Historical Perspective on Ancient Population Migrations (a Mini-Review)

<p id="p1">In the 1940s, JBS Haldane hypothesized that haemoglobinopathies including &beta;-thalassemia had become common in regions where malaria was endemic and that natural selection had acted to increase their prevalence. Subsequent case-control studies have confirmed that both &alpha;- and &bet...

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