Random mating and selection in families against homozygotes for HLA in south Amerindians.

doi:10.1111/j.1601-5223.1997.00051.x

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Random mating and selection in families against homozygotes for HLA in south Amerindians.

Hereditas - 1 Jan 1997

Hedrick P W, Black F L

Abstract excerpt

We have examined HLA-A and HLA-B in a large sample of families of South Amerindians for non-random mating and for Mendelian segregation in their progeny. The proportion of couples sampled for mating averaged over 50% of the total matings with progeny for 10 of the 11 tribes with 10 or more known...

Topics

Adolescent
Adult
Alleles
Brazil
Child
Child, Preschool
Culture
Female
Genes, MHC Class I
Genotype
HLA-A Antigens
HLA-B Antigens
Humans
Indians, South American
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Marriage

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