The nucleotide diversity of MICA and MICB suggests the effect of overdominant selection

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 419-421

  Elsner, H A ^a   Schroeder, M ^a   Blasczyk, Rainer ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Balancing selection; Evolution; MICA; MICB; Nonsynonymous; Overdominant selection; Synonymous

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MICA ANTIGEN; MICB ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DOMINANT INHERITANCE; EXON; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HETEROZYGOTE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; SELECTION (GENETICS); VARIATION (GENETICS);

MICA;

EID: 0035723848     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0039.2001.580612.x     Document Type: Article

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