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Expression and phylogenetic analyses reveal paralogous lineages of putatively classical and non-classical MHC-I genes in three sparrow species (Passer)

BACKGROUND: The Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) plays a central role in immunity and has been given considerable attention by evolutionary ecologists due to its associations with fitness-related traits. Songbirds have unusually high numbers of MHC class I (MHC-I) genes, but it is not known wh...

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Autores principales: Drews, Anna, Strandh, Maria, Råberg, Lars, Westerdahl, Helena
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5485651/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28651571
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-017-0970-7