Trans-species polymorphism, HLA-disease associations and the evolution of the MHC

Communicative and Integrative Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 408-410

  van Oosterhout, Cock ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Balancing selection; Coevolutionary arms race; HLA disease association; Human leukocyte antigen (HLA); Linkage disequilibrium; Major histocompatibility complex (MHC); Mutational load; Retrovirus; Trans species polymorphism; Transposable elements

Indexed keywords

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EID: 77951277436     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19420889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cib.2.5.8765     Document Type: Article

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