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Evolution of a cluster of innate immune genes (β-defensins) along the ancestral lines of chicken and zebra finch
BACKGROUND: Avian β-defensins (AvBDs) represent a group of innate immune genes with broad antimicrobial activity. Within the chicken genome, previous work identified 14 AvBDs in a cluster on chromosome three. The release of a second bird genome, the zebra finch, allows us to study the comparative ev...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2010
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3161384/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20359324 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1745-7580-6-3 |