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A Challenge to the Concept of Selection by Malaria in Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency

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KIDSON, C., GORMAN, J. A Challenge to the Concept of Selection by Malaria in Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency. Nature 196, 49–51 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/196049a0

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