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Immune relations between mother and foetus in the viviparous poeciliid fish Xiphophorus hellerii Haeckel
Author(s) -
Hogarth P. J.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8649.1972.tb05674.x
Subject(s) - biology , xiphophorus , embryo , histocompatibility , immune system , transplantation , fetus , fish <actinopterygii> , antigen , immunology , zoology , pregnancy , genetics , medicine , fishery , human leukocyte antigen
Ectopic implantation of Xiphophorus causes the accelerated rejection of subsequent grafts of antigenically similar adult tissues; conversely, prior transplantation of adult tissues causes the accelerated rejection of subsequent grafts of related embryos. Xiphophorus embryos carry adult histocompatibility antigens before birth; the failure of the embryo to elicit a maternal immune response during gestation is not due to antigenic immaturity.