MHC screening for marsupial conservation: Extremely low levels of class II diversity indicate population vulnerability for an endangered Australian marsupial

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 269-278

  Smith, Steve ^a,c   Belov, Katherine ^b   Hughes, Jane ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Research Institute of Wildlife Ecology   (Austria)

Author keywords

DAB; MHC; Perameles bougainville; Western barred bandicoot

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; AMINO ACID; CAPTIVE POPULATION; CONSERVATION GENETICS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FITNESS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MARSUPIAL; PATHOGEN; VULNERABILITY; WILD POPULATION;

MACROPUS EUGENII; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; PERAMELES BOUGAINVILLE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 74749096175     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-009-0029-4     Document Type: Article

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