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Rapid Evolution of Major Histocompatibility Complex Class I Genes in Primates Generates New Disease...

Rapid Evolution of Major Histocompatibility Complex Class I Genes in Primates Generates New Disease...

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Rapid Evolution of Major Histocompatibility Complex Class I Genes in Primates Generates New Disease Alleles in Humans via Hitchhiking Diversity

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Rapid Evolution of Major Histocompatibility Complex Class I Genes in Primates Generates New Disease Alleles in Humans via Hitchhiking Diversity

Publisher

United States: Genetics Soc America

Journal title

Genetics (Austin), 2006-07, Vol.173 (3), p.1555-1570

Language

English

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United States: Genetics Soc America

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Contents

A plausible explanation for many MHC-linked diseases is lacking. Sequencing of the MHC class I region (coding units or full contigs) in several human and nonhuman primate haplotypes allowed an analysis of single nucleotide variations (SNV) across this entire segment. This diversity was not evenly distributed. It was rather concentrated within two g...

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Rapid Evolution of Major Histocompatibility Complex Class I Genes in Primates Generates New Disease Alleles in Humans via Hitchhiking Diversity

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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_1526686

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_1526686

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ISSN

0016-6731,1943-2631

E-ISSN

1943-2631

DOI

10.1534/genetics.106.057034

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