Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) variation in the endangered Mexican wolf and related canids

Heredity

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 617-624

  Hedrick, P W ^a   Lee, R N ^a   Parker, K M ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive variation; Dogs; Heterozygosity; Phylogenetic tree; Substitution rate

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DOG; GENETIC LINE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIANCE; HETEROZYGOSITY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MICROSATELLITE DNA; PATHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; UNITED STATES; WOLF;

CANID; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETIC VARIATION; HETEROZYGOSITY;

ANIMALS; CARNIVORA; DOGS; GENETICS, POPULATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; PHYLOGENY; VARIATION (GENETICS); WOLVES;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS RUFUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034465532     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2540.2000.00805.x     Document Type: Article

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