Extensive MHC class II B gene duplication in a passerine, the common yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 448-460

  Bollmer, Jennifer L ^a   Dunn, Peter O ^a   Whittingham, Linda A ^a   Wimpee, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

balancing selection; common yellowthroat; gene duplication; Geothlypis trichas; major histocompatibility complex; recombination

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENOMIC DNA; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ARTICLE; EXON; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOTHLYPIS TRICHAS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE; SONGBIRD; ANIMAL; GENE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AVES; GEOTHLYPIS TRICHAS; PASSERIFORMES;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXONS; GENE DUPLICATION; GENES, MHC CLASS II; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PASSERIFORMES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 77953858387     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: 14657333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esq018     Document Type: Article

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