Characterization, polymorphism, and evolution of MHC class II B genes in birds of prey

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 541-554

  Alcaide, Miguel ^a   Edwards, Scott V ^b   Negro, Juan J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive variation; Conservation genetics; Genetic diversity; Immunogenetics

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID;

ACCIPITRIDAE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIRD; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EVOLUTION; EXON; FALCONIDAE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENOMICS; MHC CLASS 2 B GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANDIONIDAE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRIGIDAE; TYTONIDAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXONS; GENE DUPLICATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RAPTORS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ACCIPITRIDAE; AVES; FALCO NAUMANNI; FALCONIDAE; RAPTORES; STRIGIDAE; TYTONIDAE;

EID: 36149000117     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-007-9033-9     Document Type: Article

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