Recombination within the human MHC

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 167, Issue , 1999, Pages 245-256

  Carrington, Mary ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; CROSSING OVER; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENETICS; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEMEN ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032958427     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065X.1999.tb01397.x     Document Type: Review

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