An evolutionary approach to major histocompatibility diversity based on allele supertypes.

Abstract excerpt

Human leukocyte antigens are traditionally classified by serologic or molecular techniques into a bewildering variety of alleles. It is generally believed that this allelic diversity is maintained by selection pressures for inbreeding avoidance and/or maximal immune system diversity. While the usual antigen-based classification of individual alleles may be most appropriate in the artificial situation of tissue...

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