Balancing selection and heterogeneity across the classical human leukocyte antigen loci: A meta-analytic review of 497 population studies

Human Immunology

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 443-464

  Solberg, Owen D ^a   Mack, Steven J ^b   Lancaster, Alex K ^a   Single, Richard M ^c   Tsai, Yingssu ^a   Sanchez Mazas, Alicia ^d   Thomson, Glenys ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c University of Vermont   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anthropology; Balancing selection; Ewens Watterson neutrality test; Genetic diversity; HLA alleles; Immunogenetics; Meta analysis; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC SELECTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HLA SYSTEM; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENETICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AFRICA; ALLELES; AMERICAS; ASIA; EUROPE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; OCEANIA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 51749101703     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2008.05.001     Document Type: Article

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