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HLA diversity and signatures of selection in the Maniq, a nomadic hunter-gatherer population in Southern Thailand.
Immunogenetics - 9 Jun 2025
Schaschl Helmut, Herzog Tobias, Oberreiter Victoria, Kutanan Wibhu, Jakobsson Mattias, Larena Maximilian
Abstract excerpt
The Maniq, a small and isolated nomadic hunter-gatherer population from the rainforests of Southern Thailand, offer a unique context for investigating how demographic history, genetic drift, and pathogen-driven selection shape human leucocyte antigen (HLA) diversity. Using high-coverage whole-genome data from 21 individuals (12 unrelated), we genotyped HLA alleles with HLA-HD and T1K, identifying 32 alleles in...
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