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Association between major histocompatibility complex class IIB alleles and resistance to Aeromonas salmonicida in Atlantic salmon.
Proceedings. Biological sciences - 7 Mar 2001
Langefors A, Lohm J, Grahn M, Andersen O, von Schantz T
Abstract excerpt
We have tested the importance of genetic variation in the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class IIB in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) for survival after challenge with a highly virulent bacterial pathogen. Forty juvenile full siblings from each of 120 families were infected with the bacterium Aeromonas salmonicida, which causes high mortality in salmon due to furunculosis. Fishes from high-resistance (HR, <...
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