Immunoresponsiveness in chickens: association of antibody production and the B system of the major histocompatibility complex.

doi:10.3382/ps.0751156

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Immunoresponsiveness in chickens: association of antibody production and the B system of the major histocompatibility complex.

Poultry science - 1 Oct 1996

Dunnington E A, Briles W E, Briles R W, Siegel P B

Abstract excerpt

Lines of White Leghorn chickens were selected for high or low antibody response to sheep erythrocytes for five generations. The base population from which the experiment started was composed of individuals all of which were heterozygous at the MHC haplotypes B13 and B21. Body weights, egg product...

Topics

Analysis of Variance
Animals
Antibodies
Antigens
Body Weight
Chickens
Erythrocytes
Female
Genotype
Haplotypes
Heterozygote
Major Histocompatibility Complex
Male
Oviposition
Retrospective Studies
Selection, Genetic
Sheep

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