title: Genetic polymorphisms at four STR loci from the HLA region in a Venezuelan population.
abstract: Whole blood samples from 74 unrelated healthy individuals were collected. The donors' sample included Venezuelan mestizos from various regions of the country, but mostly from the resident population of Caracas City. A Venezuelan mestizo is the offspring of a mating between a native Venezuelan and a person born in Europe, mainly in Spain.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio de Fisiopatología, Centro de Medicina Experimental "Miguel Layrisse," Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Caracas, Venezuela.
authors.forename: Mercedes
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fernández-Mestre
authors.forename: Miguel A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Alfonso-Sánchez
authors.forename: Ketevan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gendzekhadze
authors.forename: Zulay
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Layrisse
authors.forename: José A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Peña
mesh_terms: D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D020080:Tandem Repeat Sequences; D014687:Venezuela
chemical_list: D006680:HLA Antigens