A linkage disequilibrium map of the MHC region based on the analysis of 14 loci haplotypes in 50 French families

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 33-41

  Sanchez Mazas, Alicia ^a,c   Djoulah, Sami ^b   Busson, Marc ^b   Le Monnier De Gouville, Isabelle ^b   Poirier, Jean Claude ^b   Dehay, Catherine ^b   Charron, Dominique ^b   Excoffier, Laurent ^a   Schneider, Stefan ^a   Langaney, André ^a   Dausset, Jean ^b   Hors, Jacques ^b  

^a MUSÉE DE L HOMME   (France)

^b SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

CEPH families; French population; HLA haplotypes; Linkage disequilibrium; MHC; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRANCE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; HAPLOTYPE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HAPLOTYPES; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; MARKOV CHAINS;

EID: 17644449674     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200391     Document Type: Article

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