Heterozygosity excess at the cattle DRB locus revealed by large scale genotyping of two closely linked microsatellites

Animal Genetics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 169-176

  Van Haeringen, W A ^a,b   Gwakisa, P S ^a,c   Mikko, S ^a,d   Outteridge, P ^a,e   Andersson, L ^a   Eythorsdottir, E ^f   Holm, L E ^g   Olsaker, I ^h  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^f Agricultural Research Institute Reykjavik   (Iceland)

^g DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^h NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cattle; DRB; Heterozygosity excess; MHC; Microsatellite

Indexed keywords

GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC LINKAGE; HETEROZYGOSITY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MAMMALIAN GENETICS; MICROSATELLITE LOCUS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CATTLE; EXONS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, MHC CLASS II; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HETEROZYGOTE; INTRONS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SELECTION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033150209     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2052.1999.00436.x     Document Type: Article

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