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Comparative Analysis of Mammalian Adaptive Immune Loci Revealed Spectacular Divergence and Common Genetic Patterns.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Jul 2025
Pospelova Mariia, Voss Katalin, Zamyatin Anton, Watson Corey T, Koepfli Klaus-Peter, Bankevich Anton, Pennell Matt, Safonova Yana
Abstract excerpt
Adaptive immune responses are mediated by the production of adaptive immune receptors, antibodies, and T-cell receptors, which bind antigens, thus causing their neutralization. Unlike other proteins, adaptive immune receptors are not fully encoded in the germline genome and result from a complex of somatic processes collectively called V(D)J recombination affecting germline immunoglobulin (IG) and T-cell receptor...
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- Animals
- Mammals
- Adaptive Immunity
- Evolution, Molecular
- Phylogeny
- Humans
