Polymorphic MHC loci in an asexual fish, the amazon molly (Poecilia formosa; Poeciliidae)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 5220-5230

  Schaschl, Helmut ^a   Tobler, Michael ^b,c,e   Plath, Martin ^d   Penn, Dustin J ^a   Schlupp, Ingo ^a  

^a KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clonal; Gynogenesis; MHC; Poecilia formosa

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POPULATION GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; GENETICS, POPULATION; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POECILIA; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA FORMOSA; POECILIA LATIPINNA; POECILIIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 57349192293     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03997.x     Document Type: Article

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