The molecular determination of HLA-Cw alleles, in the Mandenka (West Africa) reveals a close genetic relationship between Africans and Europeans

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 303-312

  Sanchez Mazas, A ^a,c   Steiner, Q G ^b   Grundschober, C ^b   Tiercy, J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c Lab of Human Molecular Genetics   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

HLA Cw; Human evolution; Mandenka; MHC; Oligotyping; West Africa

Indexed keywords

HLA C ANTIGEN;

AFRICA; ALLELE; ARTICLE; EUROPE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AFRICA; ALLELES; EUROPE; GENETICS, POPULATION; HLA-C ANTIGENS; HUMANS;

EID: 0033784316     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0039.2000.560402.x     Document Type: Article

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