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Hispano-Indian admixture in Paraguay studied by analysis of HLA-DRB1 polymorphism.
Pathologie-biologie - 1 Feb 2002
Benitez O, Loiseau P, Busson M, Dehay C, Hors J, Calvo F, Durand Mura M, Charron D
Abstract excerpt
The genetic polymorphism of the Paraguayan population results from the admixture between South American Indians named Guaranis and Spaniards. In order to evaluate the genetic predominance in the Paraguayan population, we typed 50 healthy Paraguayans for HLA-DRB1 by molecular biology and compared their HLA-DRB1 polymorphism to that of the Guaranis and of two Spanish populations. Six significant differences of...
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