Major histocompatibility complex class II variation in the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2441-2450

  Wan, Qiu Hong ^a   Zhu, Liang ^a   Wu, Hua ^a   Fang, Sheng Guo ^a,b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adaptive variation; Balancing selection; DRB gene; Null allele; Phylogenetic tree; Substitution rate

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEAR; FECES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOME; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FECES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; URSIDAE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA; FELIDAE;

EID: 33745918672     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.02966.x     Document Type: Article

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