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MHC microsatellites in a Southern Brazilian population.
International journal of immunogenetics - 1 Oct 2009
Sens-Abuázar C, Santos P S C, Bicalho M G, Petzl-Erler M L, Sperandio-Roxo V
Abstract excerpt
Microsatellites are short tandem repeats of 1-6 bp DNA fragments, which are found throughout the genome. Due to their high levels of polymorphism, many of them are used as markers for population studies. Here we report an investigation on four microsatellites (D6S273, D6S2792, STR_MICA and D6S2810) located within the major histocompatibility complex in a sample of 281 Southern Brazilians of European ancestry....
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