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The origin of Cretan populations as determined by characterization of HLA alleles.
Tissue antigens - 1 Mar 1999
Arnaiz-Villena A, Iliakis P, González-Hevilla M, Longás J, Gómez-Casado E, Sfyridaki K, Trapaga J, Silvera-Redondo C, Matsouka C, Martínez-Laso J
Abstract excerpt
The Cretan HLA gene profile has been compared with those of other Mediterranean populations in order to provide additional information regarding the history of their origins. The allele frequencies, genetic distances between populations, relatedness dendrograms and correspondence analyses were calculated. Our results indicate that the Indoeuropean Greeks may be considered as a Mediterranean population of a more...
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