title: Allele Diversity of the Major Histocompatibility Complex in the Common Hamster (Cricetus cricetus) in Urban and Rural Populations
abstract: Abstract Based on the results of targeted sequencing on the Illumina platform we compared the allelic diversity of exon 2 of the DRB gene in urban (city of Simferopol) and rural populations of the common hamster. The urban population significantly differs from the rural one in terms of the composition and diversity of gene alleles. For individuals living in the city, a larger number of alleles, higher values of haplotype and nucleotide diversity indices, and a smaller proportion of individuals w
journal: Biology Bulletin