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Growth and behavioral traits in Donaldson rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) cosegregate with classical major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I genotype.
Behavior genetics - 1 Jul 2005
Azuma Teruo, Dijkstra Johannes Martinus, Kiryu Ikunari, Sekiguchi Takayuki, Terada Yuichi, Asahina Kiyoshi, Fischer Uwe, Ototake Mitsuru
Abstract excerpt
Although polymorphism in major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes has been thought to confer populations with protection against widespread decimation by pathogens, this hypothesis cannot explain the type of large allelic diversity in classical MHC class I (Ia) in rainbow trout. Based on expression of Onmy-UBA (MHC class Ia) in trout neurons, we hypothesized that polymorphism in trout class Ia may contribute...
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