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Analysis of the frequencies of HLA-A, B, and C alleles and haplotypes in the five major ethnic groups of the United States reveals high levels of diversity in these loci and contrasting distribution patterns in these populations.

K. Cao, J. Hollenbach, Xuejiang Shi, Wenxia Shi, M. Chopek, Marcelo Fernandez-Vina, Marcelo Fernandez-Vina

2001.9.1HUMAN IMMUNOLOGY

DOI: 10.1016/s0198-8859(01)00298-1

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Differences in both LD and heterozygosity levels suggest distinct evolutionary histories of the HLA loci in the geographical regions from where the U.S. populations originated.

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CAO, K., et al. Analysis of the frequencies of HLA-A, b, and c alleles and haplotypes in the five major ethnic groups of the United States reveals high levels of diversity in these loci and contrasting distribution patterns in these populations. HUMAN IMMUNOLOGY, 2001, 62 9: 1009–30.