Article
HLA class I variation controlled for genetic admixture in the Gila River Indian Community of Arizona: a model for the Paleo-Indians.
Human immunology - 1 Jan 1992
Williams R C, McAuley J E
Abstract excerpt
The genetic distribution of the HLA class I loci is presented for 619 "full blooded" Pima and Tohono O'odham Native Americans (Pimans) in the Gila River Indian Community. Variation in the Pimans is highly restricted. There are only three polymorphic alleles at the HLA-A locus, *A2, *A24, and *A31, and only 10 alleles with a frequency greater than 0.01 at HLA-B where *Bw48 (0.187), *B35 (0.173), and the new...
Topics
- Alleles
- Antigenic Variation
- Arizona
- Chi-Square Distribution
- Gene Frequency
- Genes, MHC Class I
- Haplotypes
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class I
- Humans
- Indians, North American
- Models, Genetic
