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High MHC diversity maintained by balancing selection in an otherwise genetically monomorphic mammal.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 9 Mar 2004

Aguilar Andres, Roemer Gary, Debenham Sally, Binns Matthew, Garcelon David, Wayne Robert K

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The San Nicolas Island fox (Urocyon littoralis dickeyi) is genetically the most monomorphic sexually reproducing animal population yet reported and has no variation in hypervariable genetic markers. Such low levels of variation imply lower resistance to pathogens, reduced fitness, and problems in...

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PMID: 14990802
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0306582101
PMCID: PMC373489

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