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HLA and MICA polymorphism in Polynesians and New Zealand Maori: implications for ancestry and health.
Human immunology - 1 Sept 2013
Edinur H A, Dunn P P J, Hammond L, Selwyn C, Brescia P, Askar M, Reville P, Velickovic Z M, Lea R A, Chambers G K
Abstract excerpt
Data from HLA typing studies have made significant contributions to genetic theories about the Austronesian diaspora and the health of descendant populations. To help further unravel pattern and process elements, we have typed HLA and MICA loci at high resolution in DNA samples from well defined groups of Maori and Polynesian individuals. Our results show a restricted set of HLA class I alleles compared with...
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