MHC diversity and differential exposure to pathogens in kestrels (Aves: Falconidae)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 691-705

  Alcaide, Miguel ^a,d   Lemus, Jesús A ^b   Blanco, Guillermo ^b   Tella, José L ^a   Serrano, David ^a   Negro, Juan J ^a   RodrÍguez, Airam ^a   GarcÍa Montijano, Marino ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c Gir Diagnostics SL   (Spain)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive evolution; Immunogenetics; Infectious diseases; Insularity; Pathogen mediated selection

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FALCONIFORMES; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOLOGY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PARASITOLOGY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FALCONIFORMES; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN;

AVES; FALCO NAUMANNI; FALCO TINNUNCULUS; FALCONIDAE;

EID: 77749277121     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04507.x     Document Type: Article

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