New evidence for balancing selection at the HLA-G locus in South Amerindians

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2012, Pages 919-923

  Veit, Tiago Degani ^a   Cazarolli, Juciana ^a   Salzano, Francisco Mauro ^a   Schiengold, Marion ^a   Chies, José Artur Bogo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amerindians; Balancing selection; HLA G 14 bp INDEL; Pathogen resistance

Indexed keywords

HLA G ANTIGEN;

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BALANCING SELECTION; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HETEROZYGOTE; HLA G ANTIGEN GENE; HUMAN; INDEL MUTATION; LINGUISTICS; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATOR GENE;

EID: 84872464686     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: 16784685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572012000600005     Document Type: Article

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