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Global major histocompatibility class II β (mh-IIβ)-polymorphism in Arctic charr Salvelinus alpinus.
Journal of fish biology - 1 Sept 2012
Conejeros P, Power M, Alekseyev S, Dixon B
Abstract excerpt
This study explored the use of the gene encoding the β subunit of the major histocompatibility (MH) receptor as a population marker in Arctic charr Salvelinus alpinus. The use of this polymorphic marker allowed differentiation of the S. alpinus lineages previously defined using mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) but also allowed differentiation between the populations studied within those lineages. The majority of the...
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