Population fragmentation and major histocompatibility complex variation in the spotted suslik, Spermophilus suslicus

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 4801-4811

  Biedrzycka, Aleksandra ^a   Radwan, Jacek ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF NATURE CONSERVATION   (Poland)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Gut parasites; Habitat fragmentation; Major histocompatibility complex; Positive selection; Small populations; Spermophilus suslicus

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; GENE; GENE FLOW; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; POLAND; POPULATION GENETICS; SCIURIDAE;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE FLOW; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, MHC CLASS II; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLAND; SCIURIDAE; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS SUSLICUS;

EID: 56049113302     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03955.x     Document Type: Article

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