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No evidence of prenatal diversifying selection at locus or supertype levels in the dog MHC class II loci

BACKGROUND: Despite decades of studying, the mechanisms maintaining high diversity in the genes of the Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) are still puzzling scientists. In addition to pathogen recognition and other functions, MHC molecules may act prenatally in mate choice and in maternal-foetal...

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Autores principales: Niskanen, Alina K., Kennedy, Lorna J., Lohi, Hannes, Aspi, Jouni, Pyhäjärvi, Tanja
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5116190/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27891241
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40575-016-0038-9