Long-term survival of a urodele amphibian despite depleted major histocompatibility complex variation

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 769-781

  Babik, W ^a,b   Pabijan, M ^b   Arntzen, J W ^c   Cogalniceanu, D ^d   Durka, W ^a   Radwan, J ^e  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d OVIDIUS UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^e INSTITUTE OF NATURE CONSERVATION   (Poland)

Author keywords

Amphibian decline; Glacial refugia; MHC class II; MHC pseudogenes; Positive selection; Triturus cristatus

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; ISOENZYME; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CODON; EUROPE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; IMMUNOLOGY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SALAMANDER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SURVIVAL; TIME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CODON; EUROPE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, MHC CLASS II; GENETIC LOCI; GEOGRAPHY; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; ISOENZYMES; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SALAMANDRIDAE; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

AMPHIBIA; SALAMANDRIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA; TRITURUS CRISTATUS;

EID: 60549118015     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.04057.x     Document Type: Article

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