Major histocompatibility complex class II polymorphisms in humans and chimpanzees.

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Major histocompatibility complex class II polymorphisms in humans and chimpanzees.

Journal of medical primatology - 1 Jan 1993

Bontrop R E, Kenter M, Otting N, Jonker M

Abstract excerpt

Allelic variation at the MhcPatr-DR and -DQ loci was studied by molecular biological techniques and compared to available HLA data. With regard to the number of allelic lineages, the chimpanzee shows a condensation of its major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II repertoire as compared to h...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
Biological Evolution
Female
Genes, MHC Class II
Genetic Variation
Gorilla gorilla
HLA-DQ Antigens
HLA-DR Antigens
Humans
Male
Pan troglodytes
Phylogeny
Polymorphism, Genetic
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
Species Specificity

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PMID: 8105089

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PubMed metadata and Literature Corpus relationships. Corpus snapshot updated 30 Aug 2026. Prepared record publication-8105089-2026-08-30.1. Manifest publication-graph-cohort-2026-08-30.1.

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