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Major Histocompatibility Complex Polymorphism

Major Histocompatibility Complex Polymorphism is a genetic phenomenon characterized by the maintenance of high allelic diversity at major histocompatibility complex loci due to balancing selection, wherein heterozygote advantage or frequency-dependent selection enhances immune recognition of pathogens.

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Pattern of nucleotide substitution at major histocompatibility complex class I loci reveals overdominant selection

Austin L. Hughes, Masatoshi Nei · Nature · 1988 · 2K citations

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A Whole-Genome Association Study of Major Determinants for Host Control of HIV-1

Jacques Fellay, Kevin V. Shianna, Dongliang Ge et al. · Science · 2007 · 1.2K citations · Full text

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Complete sequence and gene map of a human major histocompatibility complex

Nature · 1999 · 1.1K citations

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Influence of combinations of human major histocompatibility complex genes on the course of HIV–1 infection

Richard A. Kaslow, Mary Carrington, R. Apple et al. · Nature Medicine · 1996 · 966 citations

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The rapid isolation of clonable antigen‐specific T lymphocyte lines capable of mediating autoimmune encephalomyelitis

Avraham Ben‐Nun, Hartmut Wekerle, Irun R. Cohen · European Journal of Immunology · 1981 · 918 citations

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  1. HI
    Hidetoshi Inoko

    Tokai University, Japan

    16 publications · 934 citations

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    Philip W. Hedrick

    Arizona State University, United States

    14 publications · 1.8K citations

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    Jerzy K. Kulski

    Tokai University, Japan

    15 publications · 712 citations

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    L. J. Kennedy

    University of Manchester, United Kingdom

    13 publications · 587 citations

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    Jacek Radwan

    Jagiellonian University, Poland

    13 publications · 641 citations

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  1. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    33 h-index

    157 publications

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  2. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

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  3. Tokai University

    Tokyo, Japan

    21 h-index

    118 publications

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  4. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    19 h-index

    84 publications

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  5. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    19 h-index

    56 publications

    2.7K citations

  6. Fred Hutch Cancer Center

    Seattle, United States

    18 h-index

    72 publications

    4.1K citations

  7. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

    Uppsala, Sweden

    17 h-index

    59 publications

    4.4K citations

  8. National Cancer Institute

    Bethesda, United States

    17 h-index

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  1. Immunogenetics

    79 publications · 3.9K citations

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  2. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 45 publications · 5.5K citations

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  3. Tissue Antigens

    78 publications · 2.6K citations

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  4. Molecular Ecology

    34 publications · 2.6K citations

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    Repository · 55 publications · 1.8K citations

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