Isolation of major histocompatibility complex class II beta sequences from lake Tana barbel (Barbus intermedius complex)

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 45, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1996, Pages 47-54

  Dixon, Brian ^a   Nagelkerke, Leo A J ^a   Sibbing, Ferdinand A ^a   Egberts, Egbert ^a   Stet, René J M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Barbus intermedius complex; Lake Tana; MHC class II genes; phylogeny

Indexed keywords

BARBUS; BARBUS BARBUS; BARBUS BOCAGEI; BARBUS INTERMEDIUS; CYPRINUS CARPIO; TANA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030476236     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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