First report of major histocompatibility complex class II loci from the Amazon pink river dolphin (genus Inia)

Genetics and Molecular Research

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 421-431

  Martinez Aguero M ^a   Flores Ramirez S ^b   Ruiz Garcia M ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Inia; Mhc DQB1 sequences; Molecular evolution; River dolphins

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; DOLPHIN; EVOLUTIONARY HOMOLOGY; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX DQB GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RIVER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SKIN BIOPSY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; DOLPHINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VARIATION; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RIVERS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

CETACEA; INIA; INIA GEOFFRENSIS; LIPOTES VEXILLIFER; MONODONTIDAE; PHOCOENIDAE;

EID: 33748582893     PISSN: 16765680     EISSN: 16765680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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