Genetic link between Chaoshan and other Chinese Han populations: Evidence from HLA-A and HLA-B allele frequency distribution

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 140-150

  Hu, Sheng Ping ^a   Luan, Jian An ^b   Li, Biao ^a   Chen, Jing Xi ^c   Cai, Ke Li ^a   Huang, Li Qun ^a   Xu, Xiao Yan ^a  

^a SHANTOU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b MRC EPIDEMIOLOGY UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c SHANTOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Allele; Chaoshan Han Chinese; Disease association; Haplotype; HLA A and B

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CHINESE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RACE;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HLA-A ANTIGENS; HLA-B ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MALE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33845901256     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20460     Document Type: Article

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