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Evidence for extensive DLA polymorphism in different dog populations.
Tissue antigens - 1 Jul 2002
Kennedy L J, Barnes A, Happ G M, Quinnell R J, Courtenay O, Carter S D, Ollier W E R, Thomson W
Abstract excerpt
Many of the genes within the Canine Major Histocompatibility Complex are highly polymorphic. Most of the alleles defined to date for DLA-DRB1, DQA1 and DQB1 come from the analysis of European or North American pure bred dogs. Little is known about DLA gene polymorphisms in other dog populations. We have studied Alaskan Husky dogs and Brazilian mongrel dogs and compared them with a panel of 568 European dogs and...
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