Detecting the signature of selection on immune genes in highly structured populations of wild sheep (Ovis dalli)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 623-637

  Worley, K ^a   Carey, J ^b   Veitch, A ^c   Coltman, D W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b Government of Yukon   (Canada)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Major histocompatibility complex; Microsatellite; Neutrality tests; Ovis; Selection

Indexed keywords

CATION TRANSPORT PROTEIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; MICROSATELLITE DNA; NATURAL RESISTANCE ASSOCIATED MACROPHAGE PROTEIN 1; NATURAL RESISTANCE-ASSOCIATED MACROPHAGE PROTEIN 1;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, MHC CLASS II; INTERFERON TYPE II; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHEEP; VARIATION (GENETICS);

OVIS; OVIS ARIES; OVIS DALLI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33644778605     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.02829.x     Document Type: Article

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