Origins and divergence times of mammalian class II MHC gene clusters

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 198-204

  Takahashi, K ^a   Rooney, A P ^a   Nei, Masatoshi ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

CONFERENCE PAPER; EVOLUTION; GENE CLUSTER; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENETICS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA;

EID: 0034068253     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/91.3.198     Document Type: Conference Paper

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