HIGH LEVEL OF MHCPOLYMORPHISM IN THE BAIJI AND FINLESS PORPOISE, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO POSSIBLE CONVERGENT ADAPTATION TO THE FRESHWATER YANGTZE RIVER - Biology, Evolution and Conservation of River Dolphins Within South America and Asia - page 402

(Figure 1c). Amino acid replacements between alleles ranged from 4 ( Live-I*03 vs. Live-
I*05 ) to 18 ( Live-I*03 vs. Live-I*04 ).
(a) MHC-DRA
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Neph-DRA*01 SLSPDQSNEF MFDFDGDEIF HVDMEKRETV WRLKEFGNFA SFQAQGALAN MAVGKANLDI LIK
Neph-DRA*02 .......... .......... .........A .......... .......... .......... ...
Neph-DRA*03 .....L.... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... ...
Neph-DRA*04 .......... .......... ..G....... .......... .......... .......... ...
Neph-DRA*05 .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... ...
Live-DRA*01 .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... ...
Live-DRA*02 .......... .......... ......K... .......... .......... .......... M..
Live-DRA*03 .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... ........-. ...
(b) MHC-DQB
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Neph-DQB*01 TERVRLVERH IYNREEYVRF DSDVGEYRAV TELGRRTAEY WNGQKDILEQ KRAELDT
Neph-DQB*02 .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... E......
Neph-DQB*03 .....F...Y .......... .......... .......... ..S...L... ...VV..
Neph-DQB*04 .........Y ......F... .......... .....PD... ......L... .....G.
Neph-DQB*05 .....F...Y ......F... .......... .....PD.K. .......... N......
Neph-DQB*06 .....F.... .......... .......... .....PD.K. .......... .......
Neph-DQB*07 .........Y ......F... .......... .....PD.K. .......... .......
Neph-DQB*08 .........Y .......... .......... .....PD.K. .......... .......
Neph-DQB*09 .....F.... ......FL.. .......... .....QI..N .......... .......
Neph-DQB*10 .......... .......... .......... .....PD.K. .......... .......
Neph-DQB*11 .....F.... .......... .......... .....PD.K. .......... .......
Neph-DQB*12 .....F...Y ......F... .......... .....PD.K. .......... .......
Neph-DQB*13 .....F...Y .......... .......... .......... .......... .......
Neph-DQB*14 .....F...Y ......FT.. .......... .......... ..S...L... ...VV..
Live-DQB*4 .....F...Y ......FT.. .......... .......... ..S...L... ...VV..
Live-DQB*5 .....F...Y ......FT.. .......... .......... ..S...L... ...VV..
Live-DQB*8 .....YMT.. .......... .......... .......... ..S...L... R...V..
Live-DQB*11 .....YMT.. .......... .......... .......... ..S...L... R...V..
Figure 1 (Continued).