Patterns of variation in MHC class II β loci of the little greenbul (Andropadus virens) with comments on MHC evolution in birds

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 133-142

  Aguilar, Andres ^a,c   Edwards, Scott V ^b   Smith, Thomas B ^a   Wayne, Robert K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENOMIC DNA; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2 BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ANDROPADUS VIRENS; ARTICLE; EXOTIC SPECIES; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SONGBIRD;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; EXONS; GENES, MHC CLASS II; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PASSERIFORMES; PSEUDOGENES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANDROPADUS VIRENS; AVES; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 33644884224     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: 14657333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esj013     Document Type: Article

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