Limited polymorphism at major histocompatibility complex (MHC) loci in the Swedish moose A. alces

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-9

  Ellegren, H ^a   Mikko, S ^a   Wallin, K ^a   Andersson, L ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bottleneck; DNA fingerprinting; Genetic variation; MHC; Moose; SSCP

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DEER; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; SWEDEN;

ANIMALS; DEER; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; SELECTION (GENETICS); SWEDEN; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0030072765     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.1996.tb00286.x     Document Type: Article

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