Possible roles for products of polymorphic MHC and linked olfactory receptor genes during selection processes in reproduction

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 34-42

  Ziegler, Andreas ^a   Dohr, Gottfried ^b   Uchanska Ziegler, Barbara ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

HLA complex; Linkage disequilibrium; Major histocompatibility complex; Olfactory receptor; Oocyte; Polymorphism; Sperm receptor selection (SRS) hypothesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; EXON; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; INBREEDING; MALE; MATE CHOICE; NORMAL HUMAN; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PARASITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL SELECTION; SMELLING; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS; EPITHELIUM; GENETICS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SERTOLI CELL;

EPITHELIUM; HUMAN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; RECEPTORS, ODORANT; REPRODUCTION; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOZOA; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TESTIS; HUMANS;

EID: 0036019002     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0897.2002.01097.x     Document Type: Article

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