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How HLA diversity is apportioned: influence of selection and relevance to transplantation.
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences - 6 Jun 2022
Maróstica André Silva, Nunes Kelly, Castelli Erick C, Silva Nayane S B, Weir Bruce S, Goudet Jérôme, Meyer Diogo
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In his 1972 paper 'The apportionment of human diversity', Lewontin showed that, when averaged over loci, genetic diversity is predominantly attributable to differences among individuals within populations. However, selection can alter the apportionment of diversity of specific genes or genomic regions. We examine genetic diversity at the human leucocyte antigen (HLA) loci, located within the major...
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