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| Title |
Loss of balancing selection in the βS globin locus
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Medical Genomics, February 2010
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2350-11-21 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Niven A Salih, Ayman A Hussain, Ibrahim A Almugtaba, Abeir M Elzein, Ibrahim M Elhassan, Eltahir AG Khalil, Hani B Ishag, Hiba S Mohammed, Dominic Kwiatkowski, Muntaser E Ibrahim |
| Abstract |
Probably the best example of the rise and maintenance of balancing selection as an evolutionary trend is the role of S-haemoglobin (HbS - rs334) in protecting from malaria. Yet, the dynamics of such a process remains poorly understood, particularly in relation to different malaria transmission rates and the genetic background of the affected populations. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 39 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 3% |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 3% |
| India | 1 | 3% |
| United States | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 35 | 90% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 12 | 31% |
| Researcher | 5 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 5 | 13% |
| Other | 3 | 8% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 3 | 8% |
| Other | 7 | 18% |
| Unknown | 4 | 10% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 10 | 26% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 10 | 26% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 8 | 21% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 2 | 5% |
| Social Sciences | 2 | 5% |
| Other | 2 | 5% |
| Unknown | 5 | 13% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 08 November 2014.
All research outputs
#6,492,572
of 25,374,917 outputs
Outputs from BMC Medical Genomics
#428
of 2,444 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#39,332
of 172,977 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Medical Genomics
#4
of 14 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,374,917 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 74th percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 2,444 research outputs from this source. They receive a mean Attention Score of 4.4. This one has done well, scoring higher than 82% of its peers.
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