A new HLA map of Europe: Regional genetic variation and its implication for peopling history, disease-association studies and tissue transplantation

Human Heredity

Volumn 76, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 162-177

  Sanchez Mazas, Alicia ^a   Buhler, Stéphane ^a   Nunes, José Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Caucasian; Demographic history; European; EUROSTAM; Genetic diversity; HLA; HLA haplotypes; HLA NET; Human populations; Linkage disequilibrium; Multi allelic loci; Natural selection; Phenotypic variation; Population data; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN; HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA C ANTIGEN; HLA DPB1 ANTIGEN; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DQA1 ANTIGEN; HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; HLA DRB1 ANTIGEN;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EUROPE; FINLAND; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; LATITUDE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIGRATION; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPE; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; UNITED KINGDOM; BALANCING SELECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DIVERSIFYING SELECTION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISTORY; HLA MATCHING; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN GENOME; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; PURIFYING SELECTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; DISEASES; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRANSPLANTATION;

DISEASE; EUROPE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; PHENOTYPE; TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 84901479037     PISSN: 00015652     EISSN: 14230062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000360855     Document Type: Conference Paper

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