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New data from basal Australian songbird lineages show that complex structure of MHC class II β genes has early evolutionary origins within passerines.

BMC evolutionary biology - 21 May 2016

Balasubramaniam Shandiya, Bray Rebecca D, Mulder Raoul A, Sunnucks Paul, Pavlova Alexandra, Melville Jane

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BACKGROUND: The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) plays a crucial role in the adaptive immune system and has been extensively studied across vertebrate taxa. Although the function of MHC genes appears to be conserved across taxa, there is great variation in the number and organisation of these genes. Among avian species, for instance, there are notable differences in MHC structure between passerine and...

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PMID: 27206579
DOI: 10.1186/s12862-016-0681-5
PMCID: PMC4875725

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