title: Histocompatibility: clarifying fusion confusion.
abstract: In the colonial tunicate Botryllus schlosseri, a co-dominant trait determines the capacity of adjacent colonies to fuse or reject. An innovative RNA sequencing approach has now identified the gene that predicts the outcomes of this naturally occurring allograft.
authors.affiliation: Morsani College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, USA. Electronic address: Gary.Litman@allkids.org.
authors.forename: Gary W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Litman
authors.forename: Larry J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Dishaw
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005796:Genes; D006648:Histocompatibility / Q000235:genetics*; D014561:Urochordata / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology*