HLA markers in six Lebanese religious subpopulations.
A total of 315 normal, unrelated individuals from six of the seven principal religious communities of Lebanon have been typed for 26 alleles of the A and B loci. The gene, haplotype frequencies and delta values have been calculated. The HLA gene frequencies for loci A and B reported in this study are shown to cross Moslim-Christian lines, but generate a distinguishably different profile for the Armenian immigrant subpopulation. This first-level homogeneity which is inconsistent with results earlier reported for ABO, rhesus and Gm systems, seems to disappear when linkage disequilibrium deltas are compared.
D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D000483:Alleles; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D000939:Epitopes; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D006238:Haploidy; D006801:Humans; D007861:Lebanon; D008297:Male; D012067:Religion; D012204:Rh-Hr Blood-Group System
D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D000939:Epitopes; D006680:HLA Antigens; D012204:Rh-Hr Blood-Group System