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Marsupials and monotremes possess a novel family of MHC class I genes that is lost from the eutherian lineage

BACKGROUND: Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I genes are found in the genomes of all jawed vertebrates. The evolution of this gene family is closely tied to the evolution of the vertebrate genome. Family members are frequently found in four paralogous regions, which were formed in two ro...

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Autores principales: Papenfuss, Anthony T, Feng, Zhi-Ping, Krasnec, Katina, Deakin, Janine E, Baker, Michelle L, Miller, Robert D
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4509613/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26194104
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12864-015-1745-4