HLA-B alleles of the Navajo: No evidence for rapid evolution in the Nadene

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 143-146

  Garber, T L ^a,b   McAdam, S N ^a,c   Butler, L M ^a   Crocker, P ^d   Piekarczyk, M ^a   Troup, G M ^d   Milford, E L ^e   Watkins, D I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b Robert M Bock Laboratories   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

HLA B locus alleles; North and South American Amerindian

Indexed keywords

HLA B ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MIGRATION; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0030042011     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.1996.tb02528.x     Document Type: Article

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