Spectrum of MHC class II variability in Darwin's finches and their close relatives

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1943-1956

  Sato, Akie ^a   Tichy, Herbert ^b   Grant, Peter R ^c   Grant, B Rosemary ^c   Sato, Tetsuji ^a   O'Huigin, Colm ^d  

^a TSURUMI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MAX PLANCK INST FÜR BIOLOGIE   (Germany)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

Author keywords

continental finches; Darwin's finches; MHC class II; phylogeny; species polymorphism; variability

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; FINCH; GALLIFORMES; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SLOT BLOT HYBRIDIZATION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

AVES; EUTHERIA; FRINGILLIDAE; PASSERIFORMES; PISCES; PRIMATES; TIARIS OBSCURA;

EID: 79957440960     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msr015     Document Type: Article

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