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Major Histocompatibility Complex Genes Map to Two Chromosomes in an Evolutionarily Ancient Reptile, the Tuatara Sphenodon punctatus

Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes are a central component of the vertebrate immune system and usually exist in a single genomic region. However, considerable differences in MHC organization and size exist between different vertebrate lineages. Reptiles occupy a key evolutionary position f...

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Autores principales: Miller, Hilary C., O’Meally, Denis, Ezaz, Tariq, Amemiya, Chris, Marshall-Graves, Jennifer A., Edwards, Scott
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Genetics Society of America 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4502378/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25953959
http://dx.doi.org/10.1534/g3.115.017467

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