Molecular population genetics of Drosophila immune system genes

Genetics

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 713-724

  Clark, Andrew G ^a   Wang, Lei ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; EVOLUTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DROSOPHILA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

DROSOPHILA MAURITIANA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INSECTA; MELANOGASTER; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030882665     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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