HLA DNA sequence variation among human populations: Molecular signatures of demographic and selective events

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Buhler, Stéphane ^a   Sanchez Mazas, Alicia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CONVERSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HISTOCOMPATIBILITY GENE; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HLA ANTIGENS; HLA-DP BETA-CHAINS; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 79551639467     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014643     Document Type: Article

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