A shared unusual genetic change at the chemokine receptor type 5 between Oryctolagus, Bunolagus and Pentalagus

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 325-330

  Abrantes, Joana ^a,b,c   Carmo, Catarina R ^a,b,d   Matthee, Conrad A ^e   Yamada, Fumio ^f   van der Loo, Wessel ^a,b   Esteves, Pedro J ^a,g  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE   (France)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^f FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^g Inst Politec de Saude Do N Coop de Ensino Superior Politecnico e Universitario: IPSN CESPU   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Amami rabbit (Pentalagus furnessi); Chemokine receptors; European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus); Gene conversion; Myxomatosis; Riverine rabbit (Bunolagusmonticularis)

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; LAGOMORPH; MORTALITY; RED LIST; VIRAL DISEASE;

BUNOLAGUS; BUNOLAGUS MONTICULARIS; DNA VIRUSES; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LEPORIDAE; MYXOMA VIRUS; ORYCTOLAGUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PENTALAGUS; PENTALAGUS FURNESSI;

EID: 78650968153     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-009-9990-1     Document Type: Article

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