Complete loss of MHC genetic diversity in the Common Hamster (Cricetus cricetus) population in The Netherlands. Consequences for conservation strategies

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 441-451

  Smulders, M J M ^a   Snoek, L B ^a   Booy, G ^a   Vosman, B ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cytochrome b; DRB; Haplotype; Inbreeding; Major histocompatibility locus; MHC; SNP; Subspecies

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; GENES;

GENETIC DIVERSITY;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

ALLELE; CONSERVATION GENETICS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETIC VARIATION; INBREEDING; RODENT;

NETHERLANDS;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; CRICETUS CRICETUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0042567585     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024767114707     Document Type: Article

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