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Genetic structure and contrasting selection pattern at two major histocompatibility complex genes in wild house mouse populations.
Heredity - 1 May 2011
Cížková D, Gouy de Bellocq J, Baird S J E, Piálek J, Bryja J
Abstract excerpt
The mammalian major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is a tightly linked cluster of immune genes, and is often thought of as inherited as a unit. This has led to the hope that studying a single MHC gene will reveal patterns of evolution representative of the MHC as a whole. In this study we analyse a 1000-km transect of MHC variation traversing the European house mouse hybrid zone to compare signals of selection...
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