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Immunogenetic response of the bananaquit in the face of malarial parasites

BACKGROUND: In the arms race between hosts and parasites, genes involved in the immune response are targets for natural selection. Toll-Like Receptor (TLR) genes play a role in parasite detection as part of the innate immune system whereas Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) genes encode proteins...

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Autores principales: Antonides, Jennifer, Mathur, Samarth, Sundaram, Mekala, Ricklefs, Robert, DeWoody, J. Andrew
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6529992/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31113360
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-019-1435-y