Ancestral polymorphism in exon 2 of bluethroat (Luscinia svecica) MHC class II B genes

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1206-1217

  Anmarkrud, J A ^a   Johnsen, A ^a   Bachmann, L ^a   Lifjeld, J T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ancestral polymorphism; Balancing selection; Luscinia luscinia; Luscinia svecica; Major histocompatibility complex

Indexed keywords

DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ALLELE; CLONE; GENE EXPRESSION; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYMORPHISM; SELECTION; SONGBIRD;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; EXON; GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOGENE; SONGBIRD;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; EXONS; GENES, MHC CLASS II; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PSEUDOGENES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SELECTION, GENETIC; SONGBIRDS;

LUSCINIA LUSCINIA; LUSCINIA SVECICA; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 77954057688     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.01999.x     Document Type: Article

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