Sequence variation of MHC class II DQB gene in bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) from Taiwanese waters

Taiwania

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 42-50

  Yang, Wei Cheng ^a   Hu, Jer Ming ^a   Chou, Lien Siang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bottlenose dolphin; DQB; Major histocompatibility complex; Tursiops truncatus

Indexed keywords

CETACEA; MAMMALIA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 41049108527     PISSN: 0372333X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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