Random mating and selection in families against homozygotes for HLA in South Amerindians

Hereditas

Volumn 127, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 51-58

  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

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN;

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASSORTATIVE MATING; FEMALE; GENETIC MODEL; HLA SYSTEM; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; MALE; MATING; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0030781689     PISSN: 00180661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-5223.1997.00051.x     Document Type: Article

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