On the relative roles of selection and genetic drift in shaping MHC variation

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 3842-3844

  Alcaide, Miguel ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adaptive evolution; balancing selection; diversifying selection; immunogenetics; population bottleneck; Sphenodon punctatus

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; LIZARD; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NEW ZEALAND;

ANIMALS; GENETIC DRIFT; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; LIZARDS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NEW ZEALAND; SELECTION, GENETIC;

SPHENODON PUNCTATUS;

EID: 77956562438     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04772.x     Document Type: Article

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