Frequencies and Genetic Diversity of Major Histocompatibility Complex Class II Haplotypes in Commercial Turkey Lines

Poultry Science

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 954-958

  Zhu, Jiangtao ^a   Nestor, Karl E ^a   Tang, Yuxin ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JIANGXI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Class II haplotypes; Commercial turkey lines; Frequencies; Genetic diversity; Major histocompatibility complex

Indexed keywords

AVES; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BREEDING; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TURKEY (BIRD);

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BREEDING; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, MHC CLASS II; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HETEROZYGOTE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; TURKEYS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0030210320     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.0750954     Document Type: Article

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