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SUBMITTER: Clozato CL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4662318 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Clozato Camila L CL Mazzoni Camila J CJ Moraes-Barros Nadia N Morgante João S JS Sommer Simone S
Ecology and evolution 20151015 21
The genes of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) code for proteins involved in antigen recognition and activation of the adaptive immune response and are thought to be regulated by natural selection, especially due to pathogen-driven selective pressure. In this study, we investigated the spatial distribution of MHC class II DRB exon 2 gene diversity of the lesser anteater (Tamandua tetradactyla) across five Brazilian biomes using next-generation sequencing and compared the MHC pattern wit ...[more]