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We analyzed the frequency distribution of 106 complotypes [four allele sets of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes for the complement proteins factor B, C2, C4A, and C4B] from 32 Black families residing in Boston and Washington, DC. Twenty-five different complotypes were identified, among which there were four complotypes that had not been previously observed in our large database of complotypes compiled from family studies of Boston Caucasians and that are, presumably, unique to individuals of African origin. These four African-derived complotypes areFC(1,90)0, FC63, S1C2,17, andSC(3,2,90)0. The frequencies of two of these four unique Black complotypes,FC(1,90)0 andFC63, were increased significantly when compared to Caucasians (pcorr <0.00042, pcorr=0.00294, respectively). The complotypeFC(1,90)0 was in positive linkage disequilibrium withHLA-DR3 haplotypes containing theB locus antigens Bw42, Bw52, Bw53, and Bw58, whileFC63 was associated withHLA-Bw70,-DR5. These findings demonstrate the extensive polymorphism of complotypes in Blacks, and also suggest that it may be possible to define unique extended haplotypes of African origin.
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Fraser, P.A., Moore, B., Stein, R. et al. Complotypes in individuals of African origin: frequencies and possible extended MHC haplotypes. Immunogenetics 31, 89–93 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00661218
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