Genetic diversity of the allodeterminant alr2 in hydractinia symbiolongicarpus

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 933-947

  Rosengarten, Rafael D ^a   Moreno, Maria A ^a   Lakkis, Fadi G ^b   Buss, Leo W ^a   Dellaporta, Stephen L ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

allorecognition; frequency dependent selection; histocompatibility; hypervariability

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENE PRODUCT; GENOMIC DNA;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ALLELE; ALLORECOGNITION 2 GENE; ARTICLE; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HYDRACTINIA SYMBIOLONGICARPUS; HYDROZOA; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; GENETIC VARIATION; HYDROZOA; PROTEINS;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HYDRACTINIA SYMBIOLONGICARPUS; HYDROZOA;

EID: 78751510173     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msq282     Document Type: Article

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