Strong balancing selection at HLA loci: Evidence from segregation in South Amerindian families

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 94, Issue 23, 1997, Pages 12452-12456

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

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterozygote advantage; Major histocompatibility complex; Maternal fetal interaction; Polymorphism; Reciprocal matings

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEGREGATION; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HLA TYPING; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; MATING TYPE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HLA-A ANTIGENS; HLA-B ANTIGENS; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0030782193     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.94.23.12452     Document Type: Article

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