Variation at the major histocompatibility complex in Savannah sparrows

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1125-1130

  Freeman Gallant, Corey R ^a   Johnson, Elizabeth M ^a   Saponara, Fiorella ^a   Stanger, Matthew ^a  

^a SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

B complex; Immunocompetence; Mhc; Rfp Y; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; EXON; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOLOGY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; EXONS; FEMALE; GENES, MHC CLASS II; GENOTYPE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SONGBIRDS; VARIATION (GENETICS); ANIMAL; POLYMORPHISM (GENETICS); SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.;

AVES; GALLIFORMES; GALLUS; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA; PASSERCULUS; PASSERCULUS SANDWICHENSIS; PASSERIDAE; PHASIANIDAE; PHASIANUS COLCHICUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036017142     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2002.01508.x     Document Type: Article

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