Does reduced MHC diversity decrease viability of vertebrate populations?

Biological Conservation

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 537-544

  Radwan, Jacek ^a   Biedrzycka, Aleksandra ^a   Babik, Wiesław ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF NATURE CONSERVATION   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION OF ANIMALS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Conservation; Extinction; Infectious diseases; Major Histocompatibility Complex; Polymorphism; Positive selection

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANTIGEN; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONSERVATION PLANNING; EXTINCTION; GENETIC VARIATION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; PATHOGEN; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; SURVIVAL; VERTEBRATE;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 76449084499     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.07.026     Document Type: Review

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