A high recombination frequency within the chicken major histocompatibility (B) complex

B G Hepkema; M G Tilanus; H J Blankert; G A Albers; M C Grosfeld-Stulemeyer; E J Hensen

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2052.1993.tb00346.x

A high recombination frequency within the chicken major histocompatibility (B) complex

Anim Genet. 1993 Oct;24(5):389-91. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.1993.tb00346.x.

Authors

B G Hepkema¹, M G Tilanus, H J Blankert, G A Albers, M C Grosfeld-Stulemeyer, E J Hensen

Affiliation

¹ Department of Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands.

PMID: 7904803
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.1993.tb00346.x

Abstract

Chickens of a commercial pure White Leghorn line were typed for B-F and B-G by serological, biochemical and molecular biological methods. Amongst 287 typed animals of one particular line, three animals with recombinant haplotypes were identified. Compared to earlier reports this revealed a statistically significant (P < 0.05), tenfold higher recombination frequency in this chicken line.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Blotting, Western / veterinary
Chickens / genetics*
DNA Probes
Female
Gene Frequency
Haplotypes
Hemagglutination Tests / veterinary
Major Histocompatibility Complex / genetics*
Male
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
Recombination, Genetic*

Substances

DNA Probes