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The first gene assignment to a horse chromosome is reported for equine leucocyte antigen (ELA), the major histocompatibility complex of the horse. A cloned DNA sequence derived from a class I gene of the porcine major histocompatibility complex was used as a probe for an in situ hybridization experiment. We present the regional localization of ELA, using this sequence, to equine chromosome 20g14-q22.
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Ansari, H.A., Hediger, R., Fries, R. et al. Chromosomal localization of the major histocompatibility complex of the horse (ELA) by in situ hybridization. Immunogenetics 28, 362–364 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00364235
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