Self/nonself perception, reproduction and the extended MHC

Self/Nonself - Immune Recognition and Signaling

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 176-191

  Ziegler, Andreas ^a   Santos, Pablo Sandro Carvalho ^a,b   Kellermann, Thomas ^a   Uchanska Ziegler, Barbara ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cryptic female choice; Extended major histocompatibility complex; Gene polymorphism; Human leukocyte antigen complex; Mate choice; Odorant receptor; Reproduction; Self nonself discrimination

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ALLELE; COPULATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENOME; GERM CELL; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HLA SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MATE CHOICE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SMELLING; SPERMATOZOON; VERTEBRATE; ZYGOTE;

EID: 77956010308     PISSN: 19382030     EISSN: 19382049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/self.1.3.12736     Document Type: Review

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