New Insights into the Role of MHC Diversity in Devil Facial Tumour Disease

BACKGROUND: Devil facial tumour disease (DFTD) is a fatal contagious cancer that has decimated Tasmanian devil populations. The tumour has spread without invoking immune responses, possibly due to low levels of Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) diversity in Tasmanian devils. Animals from a regi...

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Autores principales: Lane, Amanda, Cheng, Yuanyuan, Wright, Belinda, Hamede, Rodrigo, Levan, Laura, Jones, Menna, Ujvari, Beata, Belov, Katherine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3368896/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22701561
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0036955

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3368896/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22701561
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0036955

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