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human leukocyte antigen chromosome gene sex chromosome telomere karyotype chromosome number chromatid autosome ploidy centromere

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Peter C. Doherty

Australian scientist

Rolf M. Zinkernagel.

Rolf M. Zinkernagel

Swiss scientist

George Davis Snell

American geneticist