Natural selection and the diversification of vertebrate immune effectors

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 190, Issue , 2002, Pages 161-168

  Hughes, Austin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFENSIN;

EFFECTOR CELL; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; INTRON; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NATURAL SELECTION; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; VERTEBRATE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SELECTION (GENETICS); T-LYMPHOCYTES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0036945805     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-065X.2002.19012.x     Document Type: Review

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