Patterns of polymorphism in the MHC class II of a non-passerine bird, the great snipe (Gallinago media)

Immunogenetics

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 734-741

  Ekblom, Robert ^a   Grahn, Mats ^b   Höglund, Jacob ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Birds; Charadriiformes; Evolution; MHC class II genes; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BIRD; DNA PROBE; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; EXON; GALLINAGO MEDIA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; INTRON; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOGENE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AVES; CHARADRIIFORMES; GALLINAGO; GALLINAGO MEDIA; GALLUS GALLUS; PASSERIFORMES; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 0037272125     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00251-002-0503-3     Document Type: Article

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