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Antibody response inHeterodontus

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Appropriately selected phylogenetic models are capable of providing insight into genetic mechanisms which may have become obscured during the passage of evolutionary time. In higher vertebrates a complex multigenic family encodes immunoglobulin-variable regions. The mechanisms involved in the expansion of the gene family and the stable maintenance of large numbers of individual genes presently are not understood. By defining the nature of antibody diversity in lower vertebrate species, it may be possible to approach such issues at a more fundamental level. Analyses of the immunoglobulins inHeterodontus francisci (horned shark), a representative phylogenetically primitive elasmobranch, indicate that this species may represent a useful developmental model.

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  1. Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, 10580, Rye, NY, USA

    G. W. Litman & L. Lederman

  2. The Rockefeller University, 10021, New York, NY, USA

    B. W. Erickson

  3. University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

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Litman, G.W., Erickson, B.W., Lederman, L. et al. Antibody response inHeterodontus . Mol Cell Biochem 45, 49–57 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01283163

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