Genetic diversity and differentiation at MHC genes in island populations of tuatara (Sphenodon spp.)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 3894-3908

  Miller, Hilary C ^a   Allendorf, Fred ^b   Daugherty, Charles H ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Major Histocompatibility Complex; New Zealand; polymorphism; reptile; selection

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; LIZARD; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION GENETICS;

ANIMALS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; LIZARDS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NEW ZEALAND; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

REPTILIA; SPHENODON; SPHENODON PUNCTATUS;

EID: 77956566110     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04771.x     Document Type: Article

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