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Common Tree Shrews and Primates Share Leukocyte Membrane Antigens
Author(s) -
Palley Lori S.,
Schlossman Stuart F.,
Letvin Norman L.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
journal of medical primatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.31
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1600-0684
pISSN - 0047-2565
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0684.1984.tb00115.x
Subject(s) - biology , antigen , tree (set theory) , immunology , mathematics , combinatorics
Monoclonal antibodies reactive with human peripheral blood lymphocyte and myeloid cell surface antigens were utilized to study the phylogeny of the common tree shrew. Blood cells from the common tree shrew, but not the bat or short‐tailed shrew, react with certain of these antibodies. These data strengthen the argument that the Tupaiidac are primitive primates rather than insectivorcs. They also indicate that this approach should be useful for further work in taxonomic systemization.