title: A high recombination frequency within the chicken major histocompatibility (B) complex.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: B G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Hepkema
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Tilanus
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Blankert
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Albers
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Grosfeld-Stulemeyer
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Hensen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015153:Blotting, Western / Q000662:veterinary; D002645:Chickens / Q000235:genetics*; D015342:DNA Probes; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D006239:Haplotypes; D006386:Hemagglutination Tests / Q000662:veterinary; D008285:Major Histocompatibility Complex / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D011995:Recombination, Genetic
chemical_list: D015342:DNA Probes