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MHC zygosity in the frog, Rana temporaria

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The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) zygosity of the field-collected frogs, Rana temporaria, was detected by progeny testing. Groups of sibling tadpoles were grafted with intrafamilial tail-tip allografts and the ratio of rapidly rejected allografts to slowly rejected ones was estimated. Twenty-five percent of parental frogs appeared to be MHC homozygotes. Thus, MHC homozygosity in natural frog populations seems to be considerably higher than in wild mouse populations.

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Płytycz, B. MHC zygosity in the frog, Rana temporaria . Immunogenetics 19, 3–11 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00364471

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