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HISTOCOMPATIBILITY OF CHICKENS HOMOZYGOUS AT THE B ‐LOCUS ERYTHROCYTE ANTIGEN. I. EFFECT OF B ‐LOCUS MATCHING ON SKIN GRAFT SURVIVAL
Author(s) -
French Valentine I.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
international journal of immunogenetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.41
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1744-313X
pISSN - 1744-3121
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-313x.1975.tb00520.x
Subject(s) - locus (genetics) , biology , histocompatibility , genetics , major histocompatibility complex , gene , allele , antigen , microbiology and biotechnology , human leukocyte antigen
SUMMARY The development of four lines of white leghorn birds homozygous at the blood group B ‐locus is described. Blood grouping of these birds shows that genes for the A ‐locus are still segregating. The survival time of skin grafts exchanged between birds of the same line ( B ‐locus identical) and of a different line ( B ‐locus non‐identical) was measured. The mean survival time of skin grafts exchanged between birds of the same line was 11.9 ± 2.6 days whilst that of skin grafts exchanged between birds of a different line was 7.5 ± 1.3 days. The relationship of the B ‐locus to the major histocompatibility complex is discussed.