A temporal analysis shows major histocompatibility complex loci in the Scandinavian wolf population are consistent with neutral evolution

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue 1554, 2004, Pages 2283-2291

  Seddon, J M ^a,b   Ellegren, H ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Balancing selection; Canis lupus; DQA; DQB1; DRB1; Wolf

Indexed keywords

HLA DQA1 ANTIGEN; HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

FRAGMENTATION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; POPULATION GENETICS; RECOLONIZATION;

ALLELE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MHC GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION DIFFERENTIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANDINAVIA; WOLF; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

CANIS LUPUS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, MHC CLASS II; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SCANDINAVIA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS); WOLVES;

EID: 15244352927     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2869     Document Type: Article

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