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Modes of salmonid MHC class I and II evolution differ from the primate paradigm.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 Mar 2001
Shum B P, Guethlein L, Flodin L R, Adkison M A, Hedrick R P, Nehring R B, Stet R J, Secombes C, Parham P
Abstract excerpt
Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and brown trout (Salmo trutta) represent two salmonid genera separated for 15--20 million years. cDNA sequences were determined for the classical MHC class I heavy chain gene UBA and the MHC class II beta-chain gene DAB from 15 rainbow and 10 brown trout. Both genes are highly polymorphic in both species and diploid in expression. The MHC class I alleles comprise several highly...
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