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1242 HLA-ABC haplotypes of the North German population (Hamburg) as deduced by family analyses are described. They are in perfect agreement with recently published data by Mayr (1977) from Austria (Vienna) in all parameters tested: frequency of the single HLA-alleles, haplotype distribution and linkage disequilibrium values. Gametic association studies revealed that 69.4% of the B and C genes (map distance 0.2 cM) 36.9% of the A and C genes (0.6 cM), but only 23.2% of the A and B genes (0.8 cM) were significantly more often combined than expected due to their frequencies. From these findings it seems likely that the linkage disequilibrium within the MHC is rather due to a short evolutionary period than to selective forces. Some observations as to the most common European haplotype A1,B8 are discussed.
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Hiller, C., Bischoff, M., Schmidt, A. et al. Analysis of the HLA-ABC linkage disequilibrium: Decreasing strength of gametic association with increasing map distance. Hum Genet 41, 301–312 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00284764
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