MHC class I diversity in chimpanzees and bonobos
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DOI: 10.1007/s00251-017-0990-x
Abstract: Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I genes are critically involved in the defense against intracellular pathogens. MHC diversity comparisons among samples of closely related taxa may reveal traces of past or ongoing selective processes. The… read more here.
Keywords: class diversity; diversity chimpanzees; class; central chimpanzees ... See more keywords
Sympatric western lowland gorillas, central chimpanzees and humans are infected with different trichomonads
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DOI: 10.1017/s0031182019001343
Abstract: Abstract We investigated intestinal trichomonads in western lowland gorillas, central chimpanzees and humans cohabiting the forest ecosystem of Dzanga-Sangha Protected Area in Central African Republic, using the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region and SSU rRNA… read more here.
Keywords: chimpanzees humans; lowland gorillas; central chimpanzees; infected different ... See more keywords