The major histocompatibility complex and human evolution

Jan Klein; Jutta Gutknecht; Norbert Fischer

doi:10.1016/0168-9525(90)90042-5

The major histocompatibility complex and human evolution

Jan Klein, Jutta Gutknecht, Norbert Fischer

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Abstract

Many alleles at the human major histocompatibility complex (HLA) loci diverged before the divergence of humans and great apes from a common ancestor. This fact puts a lower limit on the size of the bottleneck in human evolution: the genus Homo must have been founded by no less than ten and probably by more than 10 000 individuals.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	7-11
Number of pages	5
Journal	Trends in Genetics
Volume	6
Issue number	C
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0168-9525(90)90042-5
State	Published - 1990

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