Characterization and evolution of major histocompatibility complex class II genes in the aye-aye, Daubentonia madagascariensis

Primates

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 135-139

  Go, Yasuhiro ^a,b   Rakotoarisoa, Gilbert ^b,c   Kawamoto, Yoshi ^b   Shima, Taizo ^d   Koyama, Naoki ^b   Randrianjafy, Albert ^c   Mora, Roger ^e   Hirai, Hirohisa ^b  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c PARC BOTANIQUE ET ZOOLOGIQUE DE TSIMBAZAZA   (Madagascar)

^d Aye aye Conservation Project   (Japan)

^e Ivoloina Zoological Park ^*  (Madagascar)

Author keywords

Aye aye; Conservation; Evolution; Madagascar; Major histocompatibility complex

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETIC VARIATION; POPULATION GENETICS; RELATEDNESS;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

DAUBENTONIA; DAUBENTONIA MADAGASCARIENSIS; DAUBENTONIIDAE; LEMUR; STREPSIRHINI;

PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MADAGASCAR; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROSIMIAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, MHC CLASS II; GEOGRAPHY; MADAGASCAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STREPSIRHINI; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 18344379759     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-004-0101-0     Document Type: Article

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