Analysis of MHC class II and class IV restriction fragment length polymorphism in chicken lines divergently selected for multitrait immune response

Poultry Science

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 973-982

  Weigend, S ^a   Lamont, S J ^b  

^a INSTITUT FÜR TIERZUCHT   (Germany)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibody response; Chicken; Major histocompatibility complex; Molecular markers; Selection

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS;

DNA; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHICKEN; GENE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DNA; GENES, MHC CLASS II; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0033158597     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/78.7.973     Document Type: Article

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