Variance analysis of immunoglobulin alleles in natural populations of rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus): the extensive interallelic divergence at the b locus could be the outcome of overdominance-type selection.

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Published in Genetics on September 01, 1993

Authors

W van der Loo1

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1: Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.

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