Major histocompatibility complex class I loci from the gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus)

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 279-282

  Flores Ramirez, S ^a   Urban Ramirez, J ^b   Miller, R D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EVOLUTION; EXON; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; UNGULATE; WHALE;

ESCHRICHTIUS ROBUSTUS;

EID: 0033948568     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/91.4.279     Document Type: Article

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