HLA and mate choice in humans

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 497-504

  Ober, Carole ^a   Weitkamp, Lowell R ^b   Cox, Nancy ^a   Dytch, Harvey ^a   Kostyu, Donna ^c   Elias, Sherman ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HLA SYSTEM; INHERITANCE; MATING; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

RODENTIA;

EID: 0030882609     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515511     Document Type: Article

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