HLA-A,B,C, Bf and glyoxalase I polymorphisms in a sample of the Kabyle population (Algeria)

HLA (A,B and C) gene and haplotype frequencies were determined in 44 Berber families from the Kabyle tribe. The Bf and Glo polymorphisms were also defined and the haplotypes were deduced from these family data. The main association (A1, B8, BfS; A29, B12, Glo2, Aw33, B14, BfS, Glo1; Cw5, B18, BfF1; A1, Bw17) showed the relationship between the populations from the southwest of Europe, and this population. Another association, A11 and Bw21, was found also in Twareg, which are probably of the same origin.