PMID- 19000146
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20090824
LR  - 20211203
IS  - 1399-0039 (Electronic)
IS  - 0001-2815 (Linking)
VI  - 72
IP  - 6
DP  - 2008 Dec
TI  - HLA-A polymorphisms in four ethnic groups from Guinea-Bissau (West Africa) 
      inferred from sequence-based typing.
PG  - 593-8
LID - 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2008.01147.x [doi]
AB  - Human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-A locus polymorphisms were examined at 
      high-resolution level, using sequence-based typing, in the four most 
      representative Guinea-Bissau (Northwest Africa) ethnic groups: Balanta, Bijagos, 
      Fula and Papel. Despite the Fula group having significant differences when 
      compared with the other three ethnic groups, all four groups most likely received 
      a genetic input from non sub-Saharans. The Bijagos and Papel groups showed 
      similarities to neighboring populations from Mali and Senegal. The Balanta, 
      despite their oral tradition of an East Africa origin, show affinities to 
      Cameroon populations, highly influenced by Bantu migrations. These results are 
      congruent with historical sources and other genetic studies that support the 
      finding that the Guinea-Bissau genetic pool was influenced by several migrations 
      from North Africa, Sahara and East Africa.
FAU - Spinola, C
AU  - Spinola C
AD  - Human Genetics Laboratory, University of Madeira, Funchal, Portugal.
FAU - Bruges-Armas, J
AU  - Bruges-Armas J
FAU - Brehm, A
AU  - Brehm A
FAU - Spinola, H
AU  - Spinola H
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20080929
PL  - England
TA  - Tissue Antigens
JT  - Tissue antigens
JID - 0331072
RN  - 0 (HLA-A Antigens)
SB  - IM
MH  - Alleles
MH  - Ethnicity/*genetics
MH  - Gene Frequency
MH  - Guinea-Bissau
MH  - HLA-A Antigens/*genetics
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Phylogeny
MH  - Polymorphism, Genetic
EDAT- 2008/11/13 09:00
MHDA- 2009/08/25 09:00
CRDT- 2008/11/13 09:00
PHST- 2008/11/13 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2009/08/25 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2008/11/13 09:00 [entrez]
AID - TAN1147 [pii]
AID - 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2008.01147.x [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Tissue Antigens. 2008 Dec;72(6):593-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2008.01147.x. 
      Epub 2008 Sep 29.