The fate of duplicated immunity genes in the dodecaploid Xenopus ruwenzoriensis

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 177-191

  Du Pasquier, Louis ^a   Wilson, Melanie ^b   Sammut, Benedicte ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Chromosomes; Class II; Immunoglobulins; Major Histocompatibility Complex; Polyploidy; Review

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS RUWENZORIENSIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETICS; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; POLYPLOIDY; REVIEW; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; GENE DUPLICATION; IMMUNITY; MODELS, ANIMAL; POLYPLOIDY; XENOPUS;

EID: 63849279597     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/3239     Document Type: Article

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