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Anthropological analysis of Koreans using HLA class II diversity among East Asians.
Tissue antigens - 1 Oct 2010
Yang J H, Sohn Y-H, Ko S-Y, Choi S-E, Kim M H, Oh H-B
Abstract excerpt
Human leukocyte antigens (HLAs) are useful markers for anthropological investigations because the allele and haplotype distributions at these loci vary widely among ethnic groups. HLA frequencies in Koreans, however, have not previously been analyzed on a phylogenetic basis. We determined the allele frequencies of four HLA class II (HLA-DRB1, -DQA1, -DQB1, and -DPB1) loci in 149 unrelated Korean individuals using...
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