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Invertebrate allorecognition: the origins of histocompatibility.
Current biology : CB - 14 Apr 2009
Dishaw Larry J, Litman Gary W
Abstract excerpt
Alloimmune specificity and histocompatibility, driven by genetic polymorphism, are ancient determinants of self-/non-self-recognition. Recent molecular genetic evidence has revealed an allodeterminant in the cnidarian Hydractinia that consistently predicts histocompatibility reactions.
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