Mhc class II B gene evolution in East African cichlid fishes

Immunogenetics

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 556-575

  Figueroa, Felipe ^a   Mayer, Werner E ^a   Sültmann, Holger ^a   O'hUigin, Colm ^a   Tichy, Herbert ^a   Satta, Yoko ^a,b   Takezaki, Naoko ^a,b   Takahata, Naoyuki ^a,b   Klein, Jan ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INST FÜR BIOLOGIE   (Germany)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Convergent evolution; Gene conversion; Haplochromines; Major histocompatibility complex; Oreochromis

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ALLELE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; EXON; FISH; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; EVOLUTION; EXONS; GENES, MHC CLASS II; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; TILAPIA;

ANIMALIA; CICHLIDAE; OREOCHROMIS; PISCES;

EID: 0034045573     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002510000181     Document Type: Article

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