Toward an evolutionary genomics of the avian Mhc

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 167, Issue , 1999, Pages 119-132

  Edwards, Scott V ^a   Hess, Chris M ^a   Gasper, Joe ^a   Garrigan, Dan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTIG; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

BIRD; CHICKEN; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EVOLUTION; GENE DUPLICATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY GENE; IMMUNOGENETICS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NATURAL POPULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0032947421     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065X.1999.tb01386.x     Document Type: Review

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