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Domestication does not narrow MHC diversity in Sus scrofa.
Immunogenetics - 1 Mar 2013
Moutou Katerina A, Koutsogiannouli Evagelia A, Stamatis Costas, Billinis Charalambos, Kalbe Claudia, Scandura Massimo, Mamuris Zissis
Abstract excerpt
The Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) is a multigene family of outstanding polymorphism. MHC molecules bind antigenic peptides in the peptide-binding region (PBR) that consists of five binding pockets (P). In this study, we compared the genetic diversity of domestic pigs to that of the moder...
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