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Major histocompatibility complex variation and evolution at a single, expressed DQA locus in two genera of elephants.
Immunogenetics - 1 Feb 2010
Archie Elizabeth A, Henry Tammy, Maldonado Jesus E, Moss Cynthia J, Poole Joyce H, Pearson Virginia R, Murray Suzan, Alberts Susan C, Fleischer Robert C
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Genes of the vertebrate major histocompatibility complex (MHC) are crucial to defense against infectious disease, provide an important measure of functional genetic diversity, and have been implicated in mate choice and kin recognition. As a result, MHC loci have been characterized for a number o...
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