HLA Class II Alleles in Amerindian Populations: Implications for the Evolution of HLA Polymorphism and the Colonization of the Americas
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
H.A. Erlich
S.J. Mack
T. Bergstöm
U.B. Gyllensten
Hereditas, vol. 127, no. 1-2, 1997, pp. 19-24
Description
Genetic analysis suggests that modern Amerindian populations are derived from a common ancestral population which likely displayed a similar degree and pattern of DRBl diversity as a result of a founder effect.