Gradients of HLA diversity in South American Indians.

doi:10.1080/03014469700004932

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Gradients of HLA diversity in South American Indians.

Annals of human biology - 1 Jan 2000

Rothhammer F, Silva C, Callegari-Jacques S M, Llop E, Salzano F M

Abstract excerpt

Information concerning the HLA-A and -B loci was considered in relation to 3796 Amerindians living in 39 places in South America, data related to HLA-C being based on a smaller subset of 2989 persons distributed among 33 localities. Synthetic gene frequency maps were then constructed using princi...

Topics

Alleles
Analysis of Variance
Gene Frequency
Genetic Variation
HLA Antigens
HLA-A Antigens
HLA-B Antigens
HLA-C Antigens
Humans
Indians, South American

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