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HLA study in Mexico Nahua/Aztec Amerindians: Close relatedness to the ancient Central America ethnic groups.
Human immunology - 1 Jan 2000
Suarez-Trujillo Fabio, Vargas-Alarcon Gilberto, Juarez Ignacio, Gil-Martin Roberto, Granados Julio, Vaquero-Yuste Christian, Martin-Villa Jose Manuel, Arnaiz-Villena Antonio
Abstract excerpt
Nahua population (also named Aztec or Mexica) was studied for HLA class II genes in a Mexican rural city (Santo Domingo Ocotitlan, Morelos State) belonging to the nowadays Náhuatl speaking areas in Mexico. The most frequent HLA class II alleles were typical Amerindian (HLA-DRB1*04:07, DQB1*03:01 DRB1*04:03 or DRB1*04:04) and also were some calculated extended haplotypes...
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