A Comparison of Intraspecific Patterns of DNA Sequence Variation in Mitochondrial DNA, α-Enolase, and MHC Class II B Loci in Auklets (Charadriiformes: Alcidae)

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 681-693

  Walsh, Hollie E ^a,b   Friesen, Vicki L ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Auklet; Balancing selection; Base composition; Cytochrome b; Enolase; Intron; MHC; Transspecies polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ENOLASE; CYTOCHROME B; DNA; ENOLASE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AETHIA CRISTATELLA; AETHIA PUSILLA; ARTICLE; AUKLET; BASE PAIRING; BIRD; CHARADRIIFORMES; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; EXON; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; INTRON; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MITOCHONDRIAL GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMORPHIC LOCUS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RNA ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIRDS; CYTOCHROMES B; DNA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, MHC CLASS II; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOPYRUVATE HYDRATASE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

AETHIA CRISTATELLA; AETHIA PUSILLA; ALCIDAE; AVES; CHARADRIIFORMES; CRISTATELLA;

EID: 0347816077     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-003-2518-2     Document Type: Article

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