Article
Low MHC class II variability in a marsupial.
Reproduction, fertility, and development - 1 Jan 1994
McKenzie L M, Cooper D W
Abstract excerpt
The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) loci have been shown to be highly polymorphic in most eutherian ('placental') species studied. Several hypotheses have been advanced for the maintenance of this exceptional level of genetic variation, one of which suggests that it is necessary for successful eutherian reproduction. Marsupials (metatherians) and eutherians are the only two groups of viviparous mammals,...
Topics
- Animals
- Blotting, Southern
- Crosses, Genetic
- DNA
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class II
- Male
- Marsupialia
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length