An attempt to measure the patchwork pattern observed among alleles at major histocompatibility complex loci

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 21-25

  Ohta, Tomoko ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diversifying selection; Identity excess; Linkage disequilibrium; MHC polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX;

EID: 0033914651     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002390010063     Document Type: Article

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