High similarity at three MHC loci between the baiji and finless porpoise: Trans-species or convergent evolution?

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 36-44

  Xu, Shixia ^a   Chen, Bingyao ^a   Zhou, Kaiya ^a   Yang, Guang ^a  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Convergent evolution; Lipotes vexillifer; MHC; Neophocaena phocaenoides; Trans species evolution

Indexed keywords

DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORPOISE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DNA; EVOLUTION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORPOISES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

CETACEA; DELPHINIDAE; LIPOTES VEXILLIFER; NEOPHOCAENA PHOCAENOIDES; PHOCOENIDAE;

EID: 41049091860     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.05.026     Document Type: Article

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