HLA genes in Mexican Mazatecans, the peopling of the Americas and the uniqueness of Amerindians

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 405-416

  Arnaiz Villena, A ^a   Vargas Alarcon G ^b,c   Granados, J ^d   Gomez Casado E ^a   Longas, J ^a   Gonzalez Hevilla, M ^a   Zuniga J ^d   Salgado, N ^d   Hernandez Pacheco G ^b   Guillen, J ^a   Martinez Laso, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CARDIOLOGÍA IGNACIO CHÁVEZ   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD PANAMERICANA   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Amerindians; Asians; Eskimos; HLA; Mazatecans; Na Dene; Polynesians; Siberians

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ESKIMO; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC DISTANCE; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; ETHNIC GROUPS; GENE FREQUENCY; HLA ANTIGENS; HLA-A ANTIGENS; HLA-B ANTIGENS; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MEXICO;

EID: 0033672767     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0039.2000.560503.x     Document Type: Article

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