Distinct evolutionary strategies of human leucocyte antigen loci in pathogen-rich environments

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 367, Issue 1590, 2012, Pages 830-839

  Sanchez Mazas, Alicia ^a   Lemaître, Jean François ^a,b   Currat, Mathias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Genetic drift; Human leucocyte antigen; Human migrations; Immunogenetics; Pathogen richness; Pathogen driven balancing selection

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; DATABASE; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETICS; HUMAN EVOLUTION; IMMUNITY; NATURAL SELECTION; PATHOGEN; SETTLEMENT HISTORY;

EID: 84856630007     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0312     Document Type: Article

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