MHC-DRB3 variation in a free-living population of the European bison, Bison bonasus

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 531-540

  Radwan, J ^a   Kawalko A ^b   Wojcik J M ^b   Babik, W ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF NATURE CONSERVATION   (Poland)

^b MAMMAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bison bonasus; Bottleneck; Conservation; MHC class II; Posthitis

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BUFFALO; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; POLAND; POPULATION GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; BISON; FEMALE; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENES, MHC CLASS II; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETICS, POPULATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLAND; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BISON BONASUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33846546648     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.03179.x     Document Type: Article

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