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Science 10 August 1973:
Vol. 181. no. 4099, pp. 570 - 572
DOI: 10.1126/science.181.4099.570
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Male Specific Antigen: Homology in Mice and Rats

Willys K. Silvers 1 and Sen-Lian Yang 2

1 Departments of Human Genetics and Pathology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia 19174
2 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Male lymphoid cells from some strains of rats can sensitize C57BL/6 female mice against C57BL/6 male skin grafts; this indicates that the male specific antigen of these two species is homologous.


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