Effects of intra-locus recombination on HLA polymorphism

Hereditas

Volumn 127, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 105-112

  Satta, Yoko ^a  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY GENE; HLA SYSTEM; MODEL; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION;

EID: 0030777692     PISSN: 00180661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-5223.1997.00105.x     Document Type: Article

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