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HLA genetic profile of Mapuche (Araucanian) Amerindians from Chile.
Molecular biology reports - 1 Jul 2013
Rey Diego, Parga-Lozano Carlos, Moscoso Juan, Areces Cristina, Enriquez-de-Salamanca Mercedes, Fernández-Honrado Mercedes, Abd-El-Fatah-Khalil Sedeka, Alonso-Rubio Javier, Arnaiz-Villena Antonio
Abstract excerpt
Amerindian Mapuche (Araucanians) are now living in Chile and Argentina at both sides of Andean Mountains. They are anthropologically and genetically different from southernmost South America Patagonian Amerindians. Most of the HLA alleles found in our Mapuche sample are frequent or very frequent in North and South America Amerindians: (1) Class I: A*02:01, A*03:01, A*68:01, B*39:09, B*51:01, (2) Class II:...
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