[HTML][HTML] Plasmodium—a brief introduction to the parasites causing human malaria and their basic biology

S Sato - Journal of physiological anthropology, 2021 - Springer
Malaria is one of the most devastating infectious diseases of humans. It is problematic
clinically and economically as it prevails in poorer countries and regions, strongly hindering …

Evolution by gene loss

R Albalat, C Cañestro - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2016 - nature.com
The recent increase in genomic data is revealing an unexpected perspective of gene loss as
a pervasive source of genetic variation that can cause adaptive phenotypic diversity. This …

[HTML][HTML] The African genome variation project shapes medical genetics in Africa

D Gurdasani, T Carstensen, F Tekola-Ayele, L Pagani… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
Given the importance of Africa to studies of human origins and disease susceptibility,
detailed characterization of African genetic diversity is needed. The African Genome …

Settling the score: variant prioritization and Mendelian disease

K Eilbeck, A Quinlan, M Yandell - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2017 - nature.com
When investigating Mendelian disease using exome or genome sequencing, distinguishing
disease-causing genetic variants from the multitude of candidate variants is a complex …

The α-thalassemias

FB Piel, DJ Weatherall - New England Journal of Medicine, 2014 - Mass Medical Soc
The α-Thalassemias | New England Journal of Medicine Skip to main content The New
England Journal of Medicine homepage Advanced Search SEARCH SPECIALTIES Cardiology …

On the evolution of lactase persistence in humans

L Ségurel, C Bon - Annual review of genomics and human …, 2017 - annualreviews.org
Lactase persistence—the ability of adults to digest the lactose in milk—varies widely in
frequency across human populations. This trait represents an adaptation to the …

[HTML][HTML] G6PD deficiency prevalence and estimates of affected populations in malaria endemic countries: a geostatistical model-based map

RE Howes, FB Piel, AP Patil, OA Nyangiri… - PLoS …, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Background Primaquine is a key drug for malaria elimination. In addition to being the only
drug active against the dormant relapsing forms of Plasmodium vivax, primaquine is the sole …

[HTML][HTML] Out of Africa: origins and evolution of the human malaria parasites Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax

DE Loy, W Liu, Y Li, GH Learn, LJ Plenderleith… - International journal for …, 2017 - Elsevier
Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax account for more than 95% of all human
malaria infections, and thus pose a serious public health challenge. To control and …

[图书][B] Human evolutionary genetics: origins, peoples and disease

M Jobling, C Tyler-Smith - 2019 - taylorfrancis.com
Human Evolutionary Genetics is a groundbreaking text which for the first time brings
together molecular genetics and genomics to the study of the origins and movements of …

[HTML][HTML] Insights into malaria susceptibility using genome-wide data on 17,000 individuals from Africa, Asia and Oceania

Nature communications, 2019 - nature.com
The human genetic factors that affect resistance to infectious disease are poorly understood.
Here we report a genome-wide association study in 17,000 severe malaria cases and …