HLA and mate selection: No evidence in South Amerindians

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 505-511

  Hedrick, Philip W ^a   Black, Francis L ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELISM; ARTICLE; ASSORTATIVE MATING; ETHNOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; MATING; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0030763556     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515519     Document Type: Article

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