An investigation of transmission ratio distortion in the central region of the human MHC

Genes and Immunity

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-58

  Hanchard, Neil ^a,b,c   Rockett, K ^a,b   Udalova, I ^a   Wilson, J ^a,b   Keating, B ^a   Koch, O ^a   Nijnik, A ^a   Diakite, M ^a   Herbert, M ^b   Kwiatkowski, D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

CLIC1; MHC class III; TDT; Transmission ratio distortion

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOME ANALYSIS; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; MALE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATOR GENE; SEGREGATION DISTORTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPES; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; LYMPHOTOXIN-ALPHA; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 33645132333     PISSN: 14664879     EISSN: 14765470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gene.6364277     Document Type: Article

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