Density-related changes in selection pattern for major histocompatibility complex genes in fluctuating populations of voles

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 5084-5097

  Bryja, J ^a,b   Charbonnel, N ^b   Berthier, K ^b   Galan, M ^b   Cosson, J F ^b  

^a Campus International de Baillarguet CS 30016 ^*  (Czech Republic)

^b CENTRE DE BIOLOGIE ET DE GESTION DES POPULATIONS   (France)

Author keywords

Arvicola terrestris; Balancing selection; Local adaptation; MHC; Population cycles

Indexed keywords

HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DQA1 ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARVICOLINAE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GENETICS;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, MHC CLASS II; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POPULATION DENSITY; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ARVICOLA TERRESTRIS; MICROTUS RICHARDSONI; MURIDAE;

EID: 36348998788     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03584.x     Document Type: Article

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