Sequence variability in the BLB2 region among guinea fowl and other poultry species

International Journal of Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 048-051

  Singh, S K ^b   Mehra, S ^b   Kumar, Vinay ^b   Shukla, Sanjeev K ^a   Tiwari, A ^b   Mehra, M ^a   Goyal, G ^b   Mathew, Jose ^a   Sharma, Deepak ^a  

^a CENTRAL AVIAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b BUNDELKHAND UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

BLB2; Genetic distance; Guinea fowl; Nucleotide variability

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ARTICLE; AVIAN GENETICS; BLB2 GENE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DUCK; GALLIFORMES; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GUINEA FOWL; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHEASANT; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; QUAIL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 77953558571     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20069863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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