Genomics and polymorphism of Agph-DAB1, an Mhc class II B gene in red- winged blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus)
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Genomics and polymorphism of Agph-DAB1, an Mhc class II B gene in red-winged blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus).
To further our understanding of the evolution of avian Mhc genes at the genomic level, we screened a cosmid library made from a red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) with a blackbird cDNA probe and subcloned from one of the Mhc-containing cosmids a gene which we designate Agph-DAB1. The structure of the gene is similar to that found for chicken class II B genes, except that the introns are...
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عنوان ژورنال: Molecular Biology and Evolution
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0737-4038,1537-1719
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025921