Article
HLA DPA1/DPB1 genotype and haplotype frequencies, and linkage disequilibria in Nigeria, Liberia, and Gabon.
Tissue antigens - 1 Sept 1998
May J, Mockenhaupt F P, Löliger C C, Ademowo G O, Falusi A G, Jenisch S, Dippmann K, Schnittger L, Kremsner P G, Bienzle U, Meyer C G
Abstract excerpt
The frequencies of DPA1 and DPB1 alleles and their occurrence in haplotypic linkage were assessed and compared in Nigerian, Liberian, and Gabonese individuals. Differences were seen in the distribution patterns; these differences were more pronounced between the Gabonese and the other two populat...
Topics
- Ethnicity
- Gabon
- Gene Frequency
- Genetic Testing
- Genotype
- HLA-DP Antigens
- HLA-DP alpha-Chains
- HLA-DP beta-Chains
- Haplotypes
- Humans
- Liberia
- Linkage Disequilibrium
- Nigeria