Strong positive selection and habitat-specific amino acid substitution patterns in Mhc from an estuarine fish under intense pollution stress

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1870-1880

  Cohen, Sarah ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical stress; Fundulus heteroclitus; Major histocompatibility complex; Mhc; Positive selection

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ESTUARY; FISH; GENETIC SELECTION; HABITAT QUALITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; WATER POLLUTANT;

FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS;

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUNDULIDAE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 0036855620     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a004011     Document Type: Article

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