How selection shapes variation of the human major histocompatibility complex: A review

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn , Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-26

  Meyer, Diogo ^a   Thomson, Glenys ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA C ANTIGEN; HLA DP ANTIGEN; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MATING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; THEORY; ALLELE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ALLELES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MODELS, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SELECTION (GENETICS); STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0034744361     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-1809.2001.6510001.x     Document Type: Review

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