Contrasting mode of evolution between the MHC class I genomic region and class II region in the three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus L.; Gasterosteidae: Teleostei)

Immunogenetics

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 295-304

  Schaschl, Helmut ^a,b   Wegner, K Mathias ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Gasterosteus aculeatus; Gene duplication; Genetic polymorphism; MHC class I

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; GENOMICS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TELEOST; ZEBRA FISH;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, BACTERIAL; CPG ISLANDS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, MHC CLASS I; GENES, MHC CLASS II; GENOME; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NA(+)-K(+)-EXCHANGING ATPASE; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-2; PHYSICAL CHROMOSOME MAPPING; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SMEGMAMORPHA;

DANIO RERIO; GASTEROSTEIDAE; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; MAMMALIA; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 33847775808     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00251-007-0192-z     Document Type: Article

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