Evolution by recombination and transspecies polymorphism in the MHC class I gene of Xenopus laevis

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 137-143

  Bos, David H ^a,b   Waldman, Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Akaike information criterion (AIC); Exon shuffling; MHC; Recombination; Transspecies evolution; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ALLELE; AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVOLUTION; FISHERMAN; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; INTRON; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIMATE; SALMONID; SPECIES COMPARISON; TELEOST; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, MHC CLASS I; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIA; PISCES; PRIMATES; SALMONIDAE; TELEOSTEI; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 28944453190     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msj016     Document Type: Article

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