Major histocompatibility complex genomic investigation of endangered Chinese alligator provides insights into the evolution of tetrapod major histocompatibility complex and survival of critically bottlenecked species

BackgroundThe major histocompatibility complex (MHC) gene family, a vital immune gene family in vertebrates, helps animals defend against pathogens. The polymorphism of MHC genes is important for a species and is considered to be caused by the numerous alleles of MHC antigen-presenting genes. Howeve...

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Principais autores:	Ke He, Ying Zhu, Shang-Chen Yang, Qing Ye, Sheng-Guo Fang, Qiu-Hong Wan
Formato:	Artigo
Idioma:	Inglês
Publicado em:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-12-01
coleção:	Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Assuntos:	MHC architecture Chinese alligator evolution of tetrapod MHC MHC polymorphism MHC evolution
Acesso em linha:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2022.1078058/full
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