HLA genes in southern Tunisians (Ghannouch area) and their relationship with other Mediterraneans

European Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-56

  Hajjej, A ^a   Hmida, S ^a   Kaabi, H ^a   Dridi, A ^a   Jridi, A ^a   El Gaald, A ^b   Boukef, K ^a  

^a Centre National de Transfusion Sanguine Tunis   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Basques; Berbers; HLA polymorphism; Mediterranean; Tunisians

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ALLELE; ARAB; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; DISASTER; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE; GENETIC DISTANCE; GREECE; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POPULATION; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; POPULATION GENETICS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUNISIA;

AFRICA, NORTHERN; ETHNIC GROUPS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TUNISIA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 32244439880     PISSN: 17697212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2005.01.001     Document Type: Article

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