HLA-DQA1 polymorphism in autochthonous Basques from Navarre (Spain): Genetic position within European and Mediterranean scopes

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 465-474

  Perez Miranda A M ^a   Alfonso Sanchez M A ^a   Peña, José A ^a   Calderon R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allele frequency cline; Basque population; DNA polymorphism; Genetic diversity; HLA DQA1; Linguistic barrier; Navarre

Indexed keywords

DNA; HLA DQ ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC RISK; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MATING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

EID: 18144434994     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0039.2003.00060.x     Document Type: Article

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