MHC class IIB alleles contribute to both additive and nonadditive genetic effects on survival in Chinook salmon

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2357-2365

  Pitcher, Trevor E ^a   Neff, Bryan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chinook salmon; Fitness; Genetic quality; Major histocompatibility complex; Overdominance; Rare allele

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; NUCLEOTIDE;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SALMON; SURVIVAL RATE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; GENOTYPE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; NUCLEOTIDES; SALMON; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALIA; ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33745901318     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.02942.x     Document Type: Article

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