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Admixture as a source for HLA variation in Neolithic European farming communities.
Genome biology - 28 Feb 2025
da Silva Nicolas Antonio, Özer Onur, Haller-Caskie Magdalena, Chen Yan-Rong, Kolbe Daniel, Schade-Lindig Sabine, Wahl Joachim, Berszin Carola, Francken Michael, Görner Irina, Schierhold Kerstin, Pechtl Joachim, Grupe Gisela, Rinne Christoph, Müller Johannes, Lenz Tobias L, Nebel Almut, Krause-Kyora Ben
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The northern European Neolithic is characterized by two major demographic events: immigration of early farmers from Anatolia at 7500 years before present, and their admixture with local western hunter-gatherers forming late farmers, from around 6200 years before present. The influence of this admixture event on variation in the immune-relevant human leukocyte antigen (HLA) region is understudied....
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- Humans
- HLA Antigens
- Haplotypes
- Male
- Gene Frequency
