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Identification of MHC class IIbeta resistance/susceptibility alleles to Aeromonas salmonicida in brook charr (Salvelinus fontinalis).
Molecular immunology - 1 Jun 2008
Croisetière Sébastien, Tarte Philippe D, Bernatchez Louis, Belhumeur Pierre
Abstract excerpt
Pathogen-driven selection is believed to be important in the evolution and maintenance of the polymorphism of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes but have been tested for very few vertebrates. In this study, we first investigate by SSCP (single strand conformational polymorphism) the diversity found at the MHC class IIbeta gene in a population of brook charr (Salvelinus fontinalis) from the Rupert...
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