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Molecular Biology and Evolution, Vol 13, 1119-1127, Copyright © 1996 by Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution

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Evolution of MHC class I loci in marsupials: characterization of sequences from koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) [published erratum appears in Mol Biol Evol 1996 Dec;13(10):1407]

BA Houlden, WD Greville and WB Sherwin
School of Biological Science, University of NSW, Australia. b.houlden@unsw.edu.au

We demonstrate that koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) MHC class I constitutes a variable multigene family. A total of nine partial exon 2 and 3 major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I sequences are presented, including six sequences from at least three loci from one koala. Variation was detected by examination of sequences from a number of individuals and family groups. The koala is the second marsupial species characterized to date, and comparisons reveal approximately 80% similarity with sequences from the red necked wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus). The latter sequences represent at least two, and probably three, different loci. Phylogenetic analysis demonstrates that all koala sequences are more related to one another than they are to any of the wallaby loci. This indicates that the koala sequences are probably not orthologous to the wallaby genes, and thus represent a new class I gene family. In addition, marsupial gene families cluster away from human gene families, supporting a different origin of MHC genes for marsupials and eutherians.
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