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Absence of TAP 2D in Yoruba Nigerians.
European journal of immunogenetics : official journal of the British Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics - 1 Apr 1995
Awomoyi A A, Donn R P, Davies E J, Carthy D, Thomson W, Ollier W E
Abstract excerpt
We have characterized TAP allele frequencies in a panel of 71 Yoruba Nigerians using ARMS-PCR. With the exception that TAP 2D was absent in Nigerians, TAP 2 allele frequencies in this population were found to be similar to those in a UK white population. HLA-DR4 also was found to be at a low frequency in Yoruba Nigerians (1.4%). This may reflect the absence of TAP 2D in Nigerians as DR4 and TAP 2D are in linkage...
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