Genetic drift vs. natural selection in a long-term small isolated population: Major histocompatibility complex class II variation in the Gulf of California endemic porpoise (Phocoena sinus)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 4051-4065

  Munguia Vega, Adrian ^a,d   Esquer Garrigos, Yareli ^a   Rojas Bracho, Lorenzo ^c   Vazquez Juarez, Ricardo ^a   Castro Prieto, Aines ^c   Flores Ramirez, Sergio ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR   (Mexico)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive; Detrimental variation; DQB; DRB; Island endemics; Mhc

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; INBREEDING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PORPOISE; SEA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; GENES, MHC CLASS II; GENETIC DRIFT; INBREEDING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHOCOENA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

MAMMALIA; PHOCOENA SINUS; PHOCOENA SPINIPINNIS; PHOCOENIDAE;

EID: 34748845135     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03319.x     Document Type: Article

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