Origin of Tibeto-Burman speakers: Evidence from HLA allele distribution in Lisu and Nu inhabiting Yunnan of China

Human Immunology

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 550-559

  Chen, Shangwu ^a   Hu, Qingsong ^a   Xie, Yi ^a   Zhou, Lingjun ^a   Xiao, Chunjie ^b   Wu, Yuping ^a   Xu, Anlong ^a  

^a Guangdong Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes   (China)

^b YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anthropology; HLA allele frequency; PCR SBT; Tibeto Burman speaker

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BOOTSTRAPPING; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HAPLOTYPE; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; CHINA; ETHNIC GROUPS; GENE FREQUENCY; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 34248351569     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2007.02.006     Document Type: Article

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