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Chapter 17, Problem 23QP
Organ Transplants Must Be Immunologically
In the human HLA system there are 23 HLA-A alleles, 47 for HLA-B, 8 for HLA-C, 14 for HLA-DR, 3 for HLA-DQ, and 6 for HLA-DP. How many different human HLA genotypes are possible?
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