Neurophysiological effect of the Rh factor. Protective role of the RhD molecule against Toxoplasma-induced impairment of reaction times in women

Abstract

The observed effects of RhD phenotype could provide not only a clue to the long-standing evolutionary enigma of the origin of RhD polymorphism in humans (the effect of balancing selection), differences in the RhD+ allele frequencies in geographically dis

Keywords

• testosterone
• heterozygous advantage
• balancing selection
• evolution
• blood antigen
• parasite
• Rhesus factor
• blood group system
• psychomotor performance
• latent toxoplasmosis
• complement-fixation
• behavioral-changes
• gondii
• testosterone
• humans