Origin of Mayans according to HLA genes and the uniqueness of Amerindians

• Published in: Tissue Antigens
• Main Authors: Gómez‐Casado, E., Martínez‐Laso, J., Moscoso, J., Zamora, J., Martin‐Villa, M., Perez‐Blas, M., Lopez‐Santalla, M., Lucas Gramajo, P., Silvera, C., Lowy, E., Arnaiz‐Villena, A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2003
• Subjects: eskimo*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1034/j.1399-0039.2003.00040.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1034%2Fj.1399-0039.2003.00040.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1034/j.1399-0039.2003.00040.x

Abstract: The HLA allele frequency distribution of the Mayans from Guatemala was studied and compared with those of other First American Natives and worldwide populations (a total of 12,364 chromosomes and 6182 individuals from 60 different populations). The main conclusions were ( 1 ): the closest...