Genetic variation of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC class II β gene) in the threatened Gila trout, Oncorhynchus gilae gilae

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 257-270

  Peters, Maureen B ^a,b   Turner, Thomas F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive immunity; Genetic drift; Hatchery supplementation; Microsatellites; Natural selection; Salmonidae

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALLELE; BREEDING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIATION; HATCHERY; IMMUNITY; NATURAL SELECTION; PATHOGEN; PHYLOGENETICS; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION GENETICS; RANGE SIZE; SALMONID;

ARIZONA; NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS GILAE; ONCORHYNCHUS GILAE GILAE; PISCES; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 43349100155     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-007-9336-9     Document Type: Article

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