Presence of retroelements reveal the evolutionary history of the human DR haplotypes

Hereditas

Volumn 127, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 113-124

  Svensson, Ann Cathrin ^a   Andersson, Göran ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC MODEL; HAPLOTYPE; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTRON; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 0030829223     PISSN: 00180661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-5223.1997.00113.x     Document Type: Article

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