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HLA-B alleles of the Navajo: no evidence for rapid evolution in the Nadene.
Tissue antigens - 1 Feb 1996
Garber T L, McAdam S N, Butler L M, Crocker P, Piekarczyk M, Troup G M, Milford E L, Watkins D I
Abstract excerpt
New HLA-B locus alleles have been found in South American Amerindian populations but were largely absent in North American Amerindian tribes also descended from this first Paleo-Indian migration. We have now extended these studies to the Navajo, descendants of the second Nadene migration. No new functional alleles were found at the B locus of this tribe. This limited study supports the notion that while new B...
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