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Then as vaccines are insufficiently tested and promoted,
malaria is uncontroled in many places. Claims of vaccine, vector control or transgenic
inheritance deserve rather close scrutiny. The final
note is on evolution and globin mutations. Whether or not a gene of small, neutral or
great effect is advantageous or deleterious depends upon where it is found. The chances of
the gene arising and then being fixed depend on the variables of the niche. The empirical
data for proofs of evolution is only copiously available in malaria. |
