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Wood, Corinne Shear; Angel, J. Lawrence; Brues, Alice M.; Clabeaux, Marie Striegel; Durbin, Thomas E.; Goldstein, Marcus S.; Hall, R. L.; Hoffman, J. Michael; Livingstone, Frank B.; McCracken, Robert D.; McCullough, John M.; Meiklejohn, Christopher; Mourant, A. E.; Pollitzer, William S.; Salzano, Francisco M.; Sever, Lowell E.; Strouhal, Eugen

New Evidence for a Late Introduction of Malaria into the New World [and Comments and Reply]

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  • Media type: E-Article
  • Title: New Evidence for a Late Introduction of Malaria into the New World [and Comments and Reply]
  • Contributor: Wood, Corinne Shear; Angel, J. Lawrence; Brues, Alice M.; Clabeaux, Marie Striegel; Durbin, Thomas E.; Goldstein, Marcus S.; Hall, R. L.; Hoffman, J. Michael; Livingstone, Frank B.; McCracken, Robert D.; McCullough, John M.; Meiklejohn, Christopher; Mourant, A. E.; Pollitzer, William S.; Salzano, Francisco M.; Sever, Lowell E.; Strouhal, Eugen
  • Published: University of Chicago Press, 1975
  • Published in: Current Anthropology, 16 (1975) 1, Seite 93-104
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 0011-3204; 1537-5382
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  • Description: <p>New evidence is offered to strengthen the case for a post-Conquest introduction of malaria into the New World. An investigation of human physiological factors influencing host selection by malaria vectors revealed a strong preference by Anopheles gambiae for human hosts with blood-group O. The unique, overwhelming group-O frequency present among indigenous American populations is seen as a result of mother-child ABO incompatibility effects operating in the absence of the positive selection pressures by malaria vectors favoring enhanced survival for genes A and B that the investigation findings suggest. It is proposed that had malaria been present to act upon the original gene pool, a balanced ABO polymorphism would be found in the New World Indians today.</p>