Genetic structure and contrasting selection pattern at two major histocompatibility complex genes in wild house mouse populations

Heredity

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 727-740

  Cikova D ^a   De Bellocq, J Gouy ^b   Baird, S J E ^c   Pialek J ^a   Bryja, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

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

Author keywords

house mouse; MHC; population structure; selection; trans species polymorphism

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

ALLELE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HYBRID; IMMUNE SYSTEM; POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RECOMBINATION; RODENT; SELECTION; WILD POPULATION;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HYBRIDIZATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE COMPONENTS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MICE; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79955099391     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2010.112     Document Type: Article

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