The divergence of major histocompatibility complex class I genes in Sciurus aberti
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The divergence of major histocompatibility complex class I genes in Sciurus aberti.
Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I genes encode cell surface molecules that bind and present immunogenic peptides to cytolytic T lymphocytes. We have developed a model using the MHC (Scab) of tassel-eared squirrels, Sciurus aberti, to investigate the evolution of MHC genes in subspecies that have been effectively isolated in comparable, if not identical, environments. Class I cDNAs ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Molecular Biology and Evolution
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0737-4038,1537-1719
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025570