Evidence for further complexity of the genetic structure of chicken major histocompatibility complex (B) is reviewed, with a historical account showing mutual dependence of the development of an animal genetic model and the growth of scientific knowledge concerning the chicken MHC.

Institute of Molecular Genetics Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences Praha

src-specific immunity in inbred chickens bearing v-src DNA- and RSV-induced tumors

Molecular genotyping of recombinant congenic lines provides evidence for crossing-over within the B-G region of the major histocompatibility complex of the chicken

Tumor induction by the LTR, v-src, LTR DNA in four B (MHC) congenic lines of chickens