Analysis of HLA genes and haplotypes in Ainu (from Hokkaido, northern Japan) supports the premise that they descent from Upper Paleolithic populations of East Asia

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 128-139

  Bannai, Makoto ^a   Ohashi, J ^b   Harihara, S ^c   Takahashi, Y ^a   Juji, T ^d   Omoto, K ^e   Tokunaga, K ^b  

^a MUSASHINO RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d JAPANESE RED CROSS MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^e National Institutes for the Humanities International Research Center for Japanese Studies   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ainu; Amerindians; Haplotype; HLA; Japanese; Jomonese; Native Americans

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ALLELE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HAPLOTYPE; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; JAPAN; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; ASIA; HAPLOTYPES; HLA-A ANTIGENS; HLA-B ANTIGENS; HUMANS; JAPAN;

EID: 0033961419     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0039.2000.550204.x     Document Type: Article

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