Balancing selection and MHC

Genetica

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 207-214

  Hedrick, Philip W ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

HLA; Maternal fetal interaction; Negative assortative mating; Parasite resistance; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032460669     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026494212540     Document Type: Review

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