Major histocompatibility complex variation at three class II loci in the northern elephant seal

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 711-718

  Weber, Diana S ^a   Stewart, Brent S ^b   Schienman, John ^a,c   Lehman, Niles ^a,d  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b HUBBS SEAWORLD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^d PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DQA; DQB; DRB; Inbreeding depression; Linkage disequilibrium; Major histocompatibility complex; Northern elephant seal; Pinniped; Population bottleneck

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOCA; POPULATION GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; UNITED STATES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CALIFORNIA; DNA PRIMERS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; SEALS, EARLESS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; ELEPHANT; MIROUNGA; MIROUNGA ANGUSTIROSTRIS; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 1342332716     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2004.02095.x     Document Type: Article

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