HLA-A-B-C-DRB1-DQB1 phased haplotypes in 124 Nigerian families indicate extreme HLA diversity and low linkage disequilibrium in Central-West Africa

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 285-292

  Testi, M ^a   Battarra, M ^a   Lucarelli, G ^a   Isgro, A ^a   Morrone, A ^a   Akinyanju, O ^b   Wakama, T ^c   Nunes, J M ^d   Andreani, M ^a   Sanchez Mazas, A ^d  

^a TOR VERGATA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Sickle Cell Foundation of Nigeria   (Nigeria)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

African peopling history; Anthropology; Family data; HLA haplotypes; Linkage disequilibrium; Malaria resistance; Nigerian population; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA C ANTIGEN; HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; HLA DRB1 ANTIGEN; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA-DQB1 ANTIGEN;

AFRICA; ALGORITHM; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AFRICA; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HLA SYSTEM; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; NIGERIAN; PEDIGREE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEST AFRICAN; FAMILY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TEST; IMMUNOLOGY; NIGERIA; POPULATION GENETICS;

ALLELES; FAMILY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HLA-A ANTIGENS; HLA-B ANTIGENS; HLA-C ANTIGENS; HLA-DQ BETA-CHAINS; HLA-DRB1 CHAINS; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; NIGERIA; PEDIGREE;

EID: 84942552748     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: 13990039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tan.12642     Document Type: Article

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