Stem-loop potential in MHC genes: A new way of evaluating positive Darwinian selection?

Immunogenetics

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 182-189

  Forsdyke, D R ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOLIPASE A; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; SNAKE VENOM;

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; EXON; GENE MUTATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY GENE; INTRON; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NATURAL SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030030417     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00587298     Document Type: Article

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