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Can extreme MHC class I diversity be a feature of a wide geographic range? The example of Seba’s short-tailed bat (Carollia perspicillata)

The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is one of the most diverse genetic regions under pathogen-driven selection because of its central role in antigen binding and immunity. The highest MHC variability, both in terms of the number of individual alleles and gene copies, has so far been found in...

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Autores principales: Qurkhuli, Tamar, Schwensow, Nina, Brändel, Stefan Dominik, Tschapka, Marco, Sommer, Simone
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7079943/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31520134
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00251-019-01128-7