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<!--1-->"Major Histocompatibility Complex". Early studies of tissue grafts between individuals of the same species (allografts) discovered that MHC differences caused the most rapid and intense rejection by the immune system, hence "major". Other genetic differences causes slower, less intense rejection, and were termed "minor histocompatibility" genetic loci. | <!--1-->"Major Histocompatibility Complex". Early studies of tissue grafts between individuals of the same species (allografts) discovered that MHC differences caused the most rapid and intense rejection by the immune system, hence "major". Other genetic differences causes slower, less intense rejection, and were termed "minor histocompatibility" genetic loci. The normal functions of MHC were not discovered until decades later. | ||
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