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			“alloantigens”
		
	
			An antigen existing in alternative (allelic) forms in a species, therefore inducing an immune response when one form is transferred to members of the species that lack it: Typical alloantigens are the blood group antigens.
																	The "allelic" is an alternative form of a gene. One of the different forms of a gene that can exist at a single locus (spot on a chromosome). Also one of the different forms of any segment of a chromosome.
							
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