A 39-kb sequence around a blackbird Mhc class II gene: Ghost of selection past and songbird genome architecture

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1384-1395

  Edwards, Scott V ^a   Gasper, Joe ^a   Garrigan, Daniel ^a,c   Martindale, Duane ^b   Koop, Ben F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Balancing selection; CpG islands; Introns; Mhc; Microsatellites

Indexed keywords

DNA; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; COSMID; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN BINDING; SONGBIRD;

AGELAIUS PHOENICEUS;

EID: 0033851037     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026421     Document Type: Article

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