Did a major immunological event shape the evolutionary histories of apes and Old World monkeys?

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 513-520

  Jablonski, Nina G ^a   Kelley, Jay ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^b Department of Oral Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALOCASIA MACRORRHIZOS; CERCOPITHECIDAE;

BETA D GALACTOSYL N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLGLYCOPEPTIDE ALPHA 1,3 GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; BETA-D-GALACTOSYL-N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLGLYCOPEPTIDE ALPHA-1,3-GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; EPITOPE; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOLIPID; GLYCOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CERCOPITHECIDAE; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GENETICS; HOMINID; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECIDAE; EPITOPES; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASES; GLYCOLIPIDS; GLYCOPROTEINS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS;

EID: 0031254757     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1997.0160     Document Type: Article

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