Article
The fester locus in Botryllus schlosseri experiences selection.
BMC evolutionary biology - 22 Dec 2012
Nydam Marie L, De Tomaso Anthony W
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Allorecognition, the ability of an organism to distinguish self from non-self, occurs throughout the entire tree of life. Despite the prevalence and importance of allorecognition systems, the genetic basis of allorecognition has rarely been characterized outside the well-known MHC (Major Histocompatibility Complex) in vertebrates and SI (Self-Incompatibility) in plants. Where loci have been...
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