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A major histocompatibility complex class I allele shared by two species of chimpanzee.
Immunogenetics - 1 Jan 1998
Cooper S, Adams E J, Wells R S, Walker C M, Parham P
Abstract excerpt
Little is known regarding the rates at which natural selection can modify or retain antigen presenting alleles at the major histocompatibility complex (MHC). Discovery of identical [1101 base pairs (bp)] coding regions at the MHC class I C locus in Pan troglodytes and Pan paniscus, chimpanzee species that diverged approximately 2.3 million years ago, now indicates that a class I allotype can survive for at least...
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