Absence of evidence for MHC-dependent mate selection within HapMap populations

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Derti, Adnan ^a,c   Cenik, Can ^a   Kraft, Peter ^b   Roth, Frederick P ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC SIMILARITY; HAPLOTYPE MAP; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; MATE CHOICE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN GENOME; MARRIAGE; POPULATION GENETICS;

VERTEBRATA;

FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; MARRIAGE;

EID: 77952392062     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000925     Document Type: Article

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