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Low diversity in the major histocompatibility complex class II DRB1 gene of the Spanish ibex, Capra pyrenaica.
Heredity - 1 Sept 2004
Amills M, Jiménez N, Jordana J, Riccardi A, Fernández-Arias A, Guiral J, Bouzat J L, Folch J, Sànchez A
Abstract excerpt
During the last two centuries, the Spanish ibex (Capra pyrenaica) has shown a significant demographic decline as a result of the progressive destruction of its natural habitat, disease epidemics, and uncontrolled hunting. Partial sequencing of the class II MHC DRB1 gene revealed that the Spanish ibex has remarkably low levels of genetic variation at this locus, with only six different DRB1 alleles and an observed...
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