Nomenclature for factors of the dog major histocompatibility system (DLA), 2000: second report of the ISAG DLA Nomenclature Committee

  1. L. J. Kennedy1,
  2. J. M. Angles2,
  3. A. Barnes1,
  4. S. D. Carter1,
  5. O. Francino3,
  6. J. A. Gerlach4,
  7. G. M. Happ5,
  8. W. E. R. Ollier1,
  9. W. Thomson1,
  10. J. L. Wagner6

Article first published online: 20 DEC 2001

DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2052.2001.00762.x

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Animal Genetics

Animal Genetics

Volume 32, Issue 4, pages 193–199, August 2001

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Kennedy, L. J. , Angles, J. M. , Barnes, A. , Carter, S. D. , Francino, O. , Gerlach, J. A. , Happ, G. M. , Ollier, W. E. R. , Thomson, W. and Wagner, J. L. (2001), Nomenclature for factors of the dog major histocompatibility system (DLA), 2000: second report of the ISAG DLA Nomenclature Committee. Animal Genetics, 32: 193–199. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2052.2001.00762.x

Author Information

  1. 1

    Mammalian Immunogenetics Research Group, Veterinary Clinical Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.

  2. 2

    Small Animal Clinical Studies, University College Dublin, Ballsbridge, Co Dublin 4, Ireland.

  3. 3

    Facultat de Veterinaria, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.

  4. 4

    Medical Technology Program, Department of Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.

  5. 5

    Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK, USA.

  6. 6

    Thomas Jefferson University, Department of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA

* Lorna J. Kennedy, Mammalian Immunogenetics Research Group, Veterinary Clinical Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, LG9 72 J UK. E-mail: lorna.kennedy@man.ac.uk

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Keywords:

  • DLA;
  • dog;
  • genetics;
  • MHC;
  • nomenclature

The International Society for Animal Genetics (ISAG) Dog Leukocyte Antigen (DLA) Nomenclature Committee met during the ‘Comparative Evolution of the Mammalian major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC)’ meeting in Manchester, UK on 10 September 2000. The main points discussed were the naming of class I genes and alleles, and the inclusion of alleles from other canidae.

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