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Co-selection of the H63D mutation and the HLA-A29 allele: a new paradigm of linkage disequilibrium?
Immunogenetics - 1 Mar 2002
Cardoso Carla S, Alves Helena, Mascarenhas Mónica, Gonçalves Ricardo, Oliveira Pedro, Rodrigues Pedro, Cruz Eugénia, de Sousa Maria, Porto Graça
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The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) shows a remarkable conservation of particular HLA antigens and haplotypes in linkage disequilibrium in most human populations, suggesting the existence of a convergent evolution. A recent example of such conservation is the association of particular HLA haplotypes with the HFE mutations. With the objective of exploring the significance of that association, the present...
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