HLA class I and class II DNA typing and the origin of Basques

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 30-40

  Comas, D ^a   Mateu, E ^a   Calafell, F ^a,b   Perez Lezaun A ^a   Bosch, E ^a   Martinez Arias R ^a   Bertranpetit, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Basque; Catalan; Genetic distance; HLA DNA typing; Principal component analysis

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HAPLOTYPE; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031973792     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.1998.tb02944.x     Document Type: Article

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