Spatio-temporal variation in the strength and mode of selection acting on major histocompatibility complex diversity in water vole (Arvicola terrestris) metapopulations

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 80-92

  Oliver, Matthew K ^a   Lambin, Xavier ^a   Cornulier, Thomas ^a,b   Piertney, Stuart B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Drift; MHC; Microsatellite; Selection

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARVICOLINAE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; POPULATION GENETICS; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; SCOTLAND; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TIME FACTORS;

ARVICOLA TERRESTRIS; MICROTUS RICHARDSONI; MURIDAE;

EID: 58149099302     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.04015.x     Document Type: Article

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