Linkage disequilibrium and age estimates of a deletion polymorphism (1597ΔC) in HLA-G suggest non-neutral evolution

Human Immunology

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 405-412

  Aldrich, Carrie ^a   Wambebe, Charles ^b   Odama, Lillian ^b   Di Rienzo, Anna ^a   Ober, Carole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Evolution; HLA G; Selection

Indexed keywords

HLA G ANTIGEN;

AFRICA; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EVOLUTION; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; HUMAN; NATURAL SELECTION; NIGERIA; NORMAL HUMAN; NULL ALLELE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AFRICA, WESTERN; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE FREQUENCY; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MODELS, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 0036097577     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0198-8859(02)00377-4     Document Type: Article

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