New data from basal Australian songbird lineages show that complex structure of MHC class II β genes has early evolutionary origins within passerines

BACKGROUND: The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) plays a crucial role in the adaptive immune system and has been extensively studied across vertebrate taxa. Although the function of MHC genes appears to be conserved across taxa, there is great variation in the number and organisation of these...

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Autores principales: Balasubramaniam, Shandiya, Bray, Rebecca D., Mulder, Raoul A., Sunnucks, Paul, Pavlova, Alexandra, Melville, Jane
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4875725/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27206579
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-016-0681-5

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4875725/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27206579
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-016-0681-5

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