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Sexual preference of apparent gene conversion events in MHC genes of mice.
Nature - 1 Jan 2000
Loh D Y, Baltimore D
Abstract excerpt
Polymorphisms exist at many genetic loci. At some loci, however, polymorphism is so high that tens and even hundreds of different alleles coexist in the population. Two such highly polymorphic systems are the immunoglobulin genes and the vertebrate major histocompatibility loci. The origin and maintenance of highly polymorphic loci remain open to debate but it seems likely that special mechanisms contribute to...
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