Compensatory aspects of allele diversity at immunoglobulin loci: Gene correlations in rabbit populations devoid of light chain diversity (Oryctolagus cuniculus L.; Kerguelen Islands)

Genetics

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1181-1194

  Van Loo, Wessel Der ^a   Bousses, Patrick ^b   Arthur, Christian P ^a   Chapuis, Jean Louis ^c  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b Office National de la Chasse   (France)

^c Parc National des Pyrénées   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0029956759     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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