HLA genes of Aleutian Islanders living between Alaska (USA) and Kamchatka (Russia) suggest a possible southern Siberia origin

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1018-1026

  Moscoso, Juan ^a   Crawford, Michael H ^b   Vicario, Jose L ^a   Zlojutro, Mark ^b   Serrano Vela, Juan I ^a   Reguera, Raquel ^a   Arnaiz Villena, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aleuts; Finns; HLA; Lapps; Saami; Transplant

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ESKIMO; FOSSIL HUMAN; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HAPLOTYPE; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SCANDINAVIA; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INUITS; SIBERIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35549010244     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2007.07.024     Document Type: Article

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