Relationship of blood type to histocompatibility in chickens.
Evidence shows that the B blood group locus in chickens, which controls red cell antigens, is associated with tolerance of skin homografts. Three other blood group loci studied did not show this effect.
D000818:Animals; D000941:Antigens; D001789:Blood Group Antigens; D002645:Chickens; D006648:Histocompatibility; D006801:Humans; D007108:Immune Tolerance; D008460:Meat; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000276:immunology*; D014181:Transplantation Immunology
D000941:Antigens; D001789:Blood Group Antigens
BLOOD GROUPS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION/immunology