MHC class I genes in the tuatara (Sphenodon spp.): Evolution of the MHC in an ancient reptilian order

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 949-956

  Miller, Hilary C ^a   Belov, Katherine ^b,c   Daugherty, Charles H ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gene duplication; MHC class I; Polymorphism; Reptile; Sphenodon

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MHC GENE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPTILE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPHENODON; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GENOME; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; THELAZIA;

AVES; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; SPHENODON; SPHENODON PUNCTATUS; SPHENODONTIA; VERTEBRATA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, MHC CLASS I; GENOME; GNATHOSTOMA; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REPTILES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 33646548940     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msj099     Document Type: Conference Paper

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