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Major histocompatibility complex variation in the Arabian oryx.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Dec 2000
Hedrick P W, Parker K M, Gutiérrez-Espeleta G A, Rattink A, Lievers K
Abstract excerpt
In the 1960s, the Arabian oryx was one of the most endangered species in the world, extinct in the wild and surviving in only a few captive herds. The present day population of over 2000 descends from a small number of founders and may have restricted genetic variation for important adaptive genes. We have examined the amount of genetic variation for a class II gene in the major histocompatibility complex thought...
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