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The major histocompatibility complex in swine
1 Feb 1999
Abstract excerpt
In swine, the major histocompatibility complex (Mhc) or swine leukocyte antigen (SLA) is located on chromosome 7 and divided by the centromere. Thus, the telomeric class I and more centromeric class III regions are located on the p arm and the class II region is located on the q arm. The SLA region spans about 2 Mb, in which more than 70 genes have so far been characterized. Despite its division by the...
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