Article
A complex alloantigen system in Florida sandhill cranes, Grus canadensis pratensis: evidence for the major histocompatibility (B) system.
The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Jarvi S I, Gee G F, Miller M M, Briles W E
Abstract excerpt
The B blood group system constitutes the major histocompatibility complex (Mhc) in birds. The Mhc is a cluster of genes largely devoted to the processing and presentation of antigen. The Mhc is highly polymorphic in many species and, thus, useful in the evaluation of genetic diversity for fitness...
Topics
- ABO Blood-Group System
- Animals
- Antibody Specificity
- Birds
- Chickens
- Crosses, Genetic
- Erythrocytes
- Female
- Florida
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype
- Haplotypes
- Isoantibodies
- Major Histocompatibility Complex
- Male
- Multigene Family