A polymorphic major histocompatibility complex class II-like locus maps outside of both the chicken B-system and Rfp-Y-system

European Journal of Immunogenetics

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 63-71

  Juul Madsen, H R ^a   Dalgaard, T S ^a   Guldbrandtsen, B ^a   Salomonsen, J ^b  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY GENE; NONHUMAN; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; SEROLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENES, MHC CLASS II; LINKAGE (GENETICS); PEDIGREE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0034050114     PISSN: 09607420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2370.2000.00200.x     Document Type: Article

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