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MH class IIalpha polymorphism in local and global adaptation of Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus L.).
Immunogenetics - 1 Jun 2008
Conejeros Pablo, Phan Anna, Power Michael, Alekseyev Sergey, O'Connell Michael, Dempson Brian, Dixon Brian
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Arctic charr, a highly plastic salmonid that inhabits the circumpolar region, colonized its current environment after the last glaciation. Recent colonization limits the capacity of many techniques to define and characterize constituent populations. As a novel approach, we used the major histocompatibility (MH) class IIalpha gene polymorphism as a marker that would characterize the genetic divergence of global...
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