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HLA genes in Wayu Amerindians from Colombia.
Immunological investigations - 1 Jan 2011
Silvera Carlos, Vargas-Alarcon Gilberto, Areces Cristina, Rey Diego, Parga-Lozano Carlos, Gomez-Prieto Pablo, Barbolla Luz, Martinez-Laso Jorge, Arnaiz-Villena Antonio
Abstract excerpt
Amerindians origins and prehistory are still debated. HLA profile is different to all other World populations, although they have particular alleles in common with Asians, Australians and Pacific Islanders. In the present work, HLA-A, -B, -DRB1, -DQB1 alleles have been studied in Wayu Amerindians from Colombia. HLA alleles haplotypes, genetic distances and NJ dendrograms were calculated by Arlequin and DISPAN...
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