MHC class I loci of the Bar-Headed goose (Anser indicus)

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 573-577

  Liang, Qinglong ^a,b   Wei, Lei ^b   Wang, Xinwei ^a   He, Hongxuan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Anser indicus; MHC I; Phylogenetic analysis; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENOMIC DNA; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANSER INDICUS; ARTICLE; DUCK; EXON; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GOOSE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANSER; ANSER INDICUS; ANSERIFORMES; AVES;

EID: 77957306206     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: 16784685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572010000300031     Document Type: Article

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