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The MHC of a broiler chicken line: serology, B-G genotypes, and B-F/B-LB sequences.
Immunogenetics - 1 Mar 1999
Li L, Johnson L W, Livant E J, Ewald S J
Abstract excerpt
Although the major histocompatibility complex of chickens (encoded in the B complex) has been studied for a number of years, almost all work has focused on the White Leghorn breed. Broiler (meat-type) chickens were derived from other breeds, including Cornish and Plymouth Rock. It was our hypothesis that new B haplotypes, not previously identified in White Leghorns, might be present in lines of broiler chickens....
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