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High levels of genetic variation at MHC class II DBB loci in the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii).
Immunogenetics - 1 Feb 2009
Cheng Yuanyuan, Siddle Hannah V, Beck Stephan, Eldridge Mark D B, Belov Katherine
Abstract excerpt
High levels of MHC diversity are crucial for immunological fitness of populations, with island populations particularly susceptible to loss of genetic diversity. In this study, the level of MHC class II DBB diversity was examined in tammar wallabies (Macropus eugenii) from Kangaroo Island by genotyping class II-linked microsatellite loci and sequencing of DBB genes. Here we show that the tammar wallaby has at...
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