Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface vii
3. Contents xi
4. Chapter 1. The Sickle of Africa 1
5. Chapter 2. Evolution and Hemoglobin 24
6. Chapter 3. The Microevolution of Sickling 44
7. Chapter 4. African Repeater Children 65
8. Chapter 5. The Molecular Perspective 89
9. Chapter 6. The Sickle Helix 113
10. Chapter 7. Confronting Sickling at the Genes 136
11. Chapter 8. The search for Antisickling Agents 152
12. Notes, references, index
13. Notes 171
14. References 181
15. Index 193