Article
Deficit of HLA homozygotes in a Caucasian isolate.
Human immunology - 1 Jul 1993
Kostyu D D, Dawson D V, Elias S, Ober C
Abstract excerpt
Deficits of HLA-A, -B homozygotes observed many years ago in two inbred populations suggested negative selection against HLA homozygotes. To determine whether a similar deficiency would be observed in the S-leut Hutterites, a well-characterized Caucasian isolate of European ancestry, and to deter...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Alleles
- Female
- Haplotypes
- Homozygote
- Humans
- Major Histocompatibility Complex
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Selection, Genetic
- South Dakota
- White People