Analysis of HLA gene polymorphisms in East Africans reveals evidence of gene flow in two Semitic populations from Sudan

W Aamer, HY Hassan, H Nakaoka… - European Journal of …, 2021 - nature.com
Sudan, a northeastern African country, is characterized by high levels of cultural, linguistic,
and genetic diversity, which is believed to be affected by continuous migration from …

HLA‐A polymorphisms in four ethnic groups from Guinea‐Bissau (West Africa) inferred from sequence‐based typing

C Spinola, J Bruges‐Armas, A Brehm… - Tissue …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Human leukocyte antigen (HLA)‐A locus polymorphisms were examined at high‐resolution
level, using sequence‐based typing, in the four most representative Guinea‐Bissau …

HLA Class‐I Diversity in Cameroon: Evidence for a North‐South Structure of Genetic Variation and Relationships with African Populations

H Spínola, AR Couto, MJ Peixoto… - Annals of Human …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
HLA class I diversity (loci A, B and C) was analysed in four populations, two from North
Cameroon (Podokwo and Uldeme) and two from South Cameroon (Ewondo and Bamileke) …

The investigation of the origin of Southern Tunisians using HLA genes

A Hajjej, WY Almawi, L Hattab, A El-Gaaied… - Journal of Human …, 2017 - nature.com
The south of Tunisia is characterized by marked ethnic diversity, highlighted by the
coexistence of native Berbers with Blacks, Jews and Arab-speaking populations. Despite …

Extensive genetic diversity in the HLA class II region of Africans, with a focally predominant allele, DRB1* 1304.

AV Hill, CE Allsopp, D Kwiatkowski… - Proceedings of the …, 1992 - National Acad Sciences
Molecular HLA class II typing of greater than 1700 individuals from The Gambia in West
Africa and Malawi in South-Central Africa revealed a striking diversity of HLA DRB-DQB …

HLA DRB1, DQA1, DQB1 and DPB1 polymorphisms in Namibian Khoi and San and in the Xhosa and South African mixed-ancestry populations

J Rousseau, RC Williams, P Creemers - South African journal of …, 2003 - journals.co.za
We have analysed the HLA allele distributions in unrelated Namibian Khoi and San and
South African Xhosa and mixed-ancestry (so-called Cape coloured) populations. The allelic …

HLA polymorphisms in Cabo Verde and Guiné-Bissau inferred from sequence-based typing

H Spínola, J Bruges-Armas, D Middleton, A Brehm - Human immunology, 2005 - Elsevier
Human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-A,-B, and-DRB1 polymorphisms were examined in the
Cabo Verde and Guiné-Bissau populations. The data were obtained at high-resolution level …

Analysis of the Origin of Emiratis as Inferred from a Family Study Based on HLA-A, -C, -B, -DRB1, and -DQB1 Genes

Z Al Yafei, A Hajjej, M Alvares, A Al Mahri, A Nasr… - Genes, 2023 - mdpi.com
In this study, we investigated HLA class I and class II allele and haplotype frequencies in
Emiratis and compared them to those of Asian, Mediterranean, and Sub-Saharan African …

HLA-DRB1 frequencies of the Comorian population and their genetic affinities with Sub-Saharan African and Indian Oceanian populations

M Gibert, M Touinssi, D Reviron, P Mercier… - Annals of human …, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Ethnic–historic sources have considered the Comorian population to be the
result of an amalgamation of African, Arabian and Southeast Asian groups. Aim: This study …

Molecular analysis of HLA Class I and Class II genes in five different South Indian linguistic groups

V Seshasubramanian, AD SathishKannan… - HLA, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
South Indians are a heterogeneous population who speak different languages and differ in
their life style and physical appearance. Major population movements, social structure and …