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HLA in the Azores Archipelago: possible presence of Mongoloid genes.
Tissue antigens - 1 Oct 1999
Bruges-Armas J, Martinez-Laso J, Martins B, Allende L, Gomez-Casado E, Longas J, Varela P, Castro M J, Arnaiz-Villena A
Abstract excerpt
The HLA profile of the Azoreans has been compared with those of other world populations in order to provide additional information regarding the history of their origins. The allele frequencies, genetic distances between populations, correspondence analyses and most frequent haplotypes were calculated. Our results indicate that the Azorean population most likely contains an admixture of high-frequency Caucasoid,...
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