Altitude, language, and class I HLA allele frequencies in Papua New Guinea.

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Altitude, language, and class I HLA allele frequencies in Papua New Guinea.

American journal of physical anthropology - 1 Oct 1994

Smith T, Bhatia K, Prasad M, Koki G, Alpers M

Abstract excerpt

Class I HLA gene frequencies show considerable variation over short geographical distances in Papua New Guinea. Hypothesis to account for this invoke natural selection, population structure, the pattern of population movement, or past demographic changes. To determine the role of the various fact...

Topics

Alleles
Altitude
Black People
Gene Frequency
Genes, MHC Class I
Genetic Variation
Humans
Likelihood Functions
Linguistics
Models, Genetic
Papua New Guinea
Population Dynamics
Selection, Genetic
Statistics, Nonparametric

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