Compared to the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) of typical mammals, the chicken
BF/BL region is small and simple, with most of the genes playing central roles in the …

Like mammals, the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) of chickens is the primary
genetic locus for graft rejection, and encodes polymorphic classical class I and class II …

The chicken MHC B contains two classical class I genes, BF1 and BF2, with the exception of
two related haplotypes lacking BF1 due to insertion/rearrangement. In light of functional …

Some years ago, we used our data for class I genes, proteins and peptide‐binding
specificities to develop the hypothesis that the chicken B‐F/B‐L region represents a “minimal …

Compared with the MHC of typical mammals, the chicken MHC (BF/BL region) of the B12
haplotype is smaller, simpler, and rearranged, with two classical class I genes of which only …

The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes encode highly polymorphic cell-surface
proteins of three classes. These antigens are markers of “self” and are important in …

Over the last few years, we have examined the chicken MHC at many levels, from DNA to
mRNA to protein to function, both using in vitro functional assays and in the whole animal …

We found that the Black grouse (Tetrao tetrix) possess low numbers of Mhc class II B (BLB)
and Y (YLB) genes with variable diversity and expression. We have therefore shown, for the …

Chickens have two major regions encoding major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class Iα
genes and MHC class IIß genes, the serological and functional B‐system and the Rfp‐Y …

Highlights•Chickens provide most knowledge of antigen presentation outside of
mammals.•Chickens have most of the genes expected for the class II system from …