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Immunogenetics
2009 Feb 01;612:111-8. doi: 10.1007/s00251-008-0347-6.
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High levels of genetic variation at MHC class II DBB loci in the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii).
Cheng Y
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Siddle HV
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Beck S
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Eldridge MD
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Belov K
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High levels of MHC diversity are crucial for immunological fitness of populations, with island populations particularly susceptible to loss of genetic diversity. In this study, the level of MHC class II DBB diversity was examined in tammar wallabies (Macropus eugenii) from Kangaroo Island by genotyping class II-linked microsatellite loci and sequencing of DBB genes. Here we show that the tammar wallaby has at least four expressed MHC class II DBB loci and extensive genetic variation in the peptide-binding region of the DBB genes. These results contradict early studies which suggested that wallabies lacked MHC class II diversity and demonstrate that, in spite of the long-term isolation on an offshore island, this population of wallabies has a high level of DBB diversity.
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