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An invertebrate histocompatibility complex.
Genetics - 1 May 2004
Cadavid Luis F, Powell Anahid E, Nicotra Matthew L, Moreno Maria, Buss Leo W
Abstract excerpt
We have developed defined genetic lines of the hydroid Hydractinia symbiolongicarpus and confirmed earlier results showing that allorecognition is controlled by a single chromosomal region within these lines. In a large backcross population, we detected recombinants that display a fusibility phenotype distinct from typical fusion and rejection. We show that this transitory fusion phenotype segregates in a fashion...
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