Evolutionary patterns of MHC class II B in owls and their implications for the understanding of avian MHC evolution

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1180-1191

  Burri, Reto ^a   Hirzel, Hélène Niculita ^a   Salamin, Nicolas ^a   Roulin, Alexandre ^a   Fumagalli, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Birds; Gene duplication; Major histocompatibility complex; Molecular evolution; Orthology; Strigiformes

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ARTICLE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FOWL; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OWL; PHYLOGENY; RNA ISOLATION; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AVES; MAMMALIA; STRIGIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

AVIAN PROTEIN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ANIMALS; AVIAN PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXONS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 44649104548     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msn065     Document Type: Article

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