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Patterns of selection and allele diversity of class I and class II major histocompatibility loci across the species range of sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka).
Molecular ecology - 1 Sept 2013
McClelland Erin K, Ming Tobi J, Tabata Amy, Kaukinen Karia H, Beacham Terry D, Withler Ruth E, Miller Kristina M
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The major histocompatibility complex (MHC), an important component of the vertebrate immune system, provides an important suite of genes to examine the role of genetic diversity at non-neutral loci for population persistence. We contrasted patterns of diversity at the two classical MHC loci in so...
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