MHC DQB-1 polymorphism in the Gulf of California fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) population

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 14-21

  Nigenda Morales, Sergio ^a   Flores Ramírez, Sergio ^a   Urbán R , Jorge ^a   Vázquez Juárez, Ricardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BALAENOPTERA; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; EXON; GENE FLOW; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGENETICS; MAMMALIAN GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; FIN WHALE; GENES, MHC CLASS II; GENETICS, POPULATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 39349098424     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: 14657333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esm087     Document Type: Article

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