High levels of genetic variation at MHC class II DBB loci in the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii)

Immunogenetics

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 111-118

  Cheng, Yuanyuan ^a   Siddle, Hannah V ^a   Beck, Stephan ^b   Eldridge, Mark D B ^c   Belov, Katherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Genetic variation; Marsupial; MHC Class II; MHC linked microsatellite; Tammar wallaby

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ARTICLE; DRUG BINDING; FITNESS; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; KANGAROO; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; GENES, MHC CLASS II; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MACROPODIDAE; MAMMALS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

MACROPODIDAE; MACROPUS EUGENII; METATHERIA;

EID: 59849083190     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: 14321211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00251-008-0347-6     Document Type: Article

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