Dynamics of Mhc evolution in birds and crocodilians: amplification of class II genes with degenerate primers

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 719-730

  EDWARDS, S V ^a   GRAHN, M ^a   POTTS, W K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

archosaurs; balancing selection; major histocompatibility complex

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIRDS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENES, MHC CLASS II; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ALLIGATOR; ANIMALIA; AVES; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES);

EID: 0029583058     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.1995.tb00272.x     Document Type: Article

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