Article
Interethnic genetic differentiation in Africa: HLA class I antigens in The Gambia.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Feb 1992
Allsopp C E, Harding R M, Taylor C, Bunce M, Kwiatkowski D, Anstey N, Brewster D, McMichael A J, Greenwood B M, Hill A V
Abstract excerpt
A total of 752 individuals from The Gambia, west Africa who are representative of the major ethnic groups in the capital, Banjul, were serologically typed for HLA-A, -B, and -C antigens. Although all were typically "African" in their antigenic profiles, some marked frequency differences were found between the ethnic groups. Genetic distance comparisons with several other African populations showed that, although...
Topics
- Africa
- Alleles
- Ethnicity
- Gambia
- Genes, MHC Class I
- Genetic Variation
- Genetics, Population
- Humans