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Molecular characterization of the major histocompatibility complex class Ia gene in the black-spotted frog, Pelophylax nigromaculata.
Biochemical genetics - 1 Dec 2013
Gong Jie, Sun Qi-Peng, Xue Fei, Fang Sheng-Guo, Wan Qiu-Hong
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The genes of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) are attractive candidates for investigating the link between adaptive variation and individual fitness. We improved rapid amplification of cDNA ends to obtain the whole coding sequence of the MHC class Ia gene of the black-spotted frog (Pelophylax nigromaculata), the most common amphibian in China. We also used genome walking to characterize the partial...
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