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The genome of the plague-resistant great gerbil reveals species-specific duplication of an MHCII gene

2018-10-22

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The great gerbil ( Rhombomys opimus ) is a social rodent living in permanent, complex burrow systems distributed throughout Central Asia, where it serves as the main host of several important vector-borne infectious diseases and is defined as a key reservoir species for plague ( Yersinia pestis ). Studies from the wild have shown that the great gerbil is largely resistant to plague but the genetic basis for resi...

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DOI: 10.1101/449553

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