Homozygosity and risk of childhood death due to invasive bacterial disease
<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...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2009-06-01
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| Series: | BMC Medical Genetics |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2350/10/55 |