Contrasting responses to selection in class i and class IIα major histocompatibility-linked markers in salmon

Heredity

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 143-154

  Consuegra, S ^a,b   De Eyto, E ^c   McGinnity, P ^c,e   Stet, R J M ^d   Jordan, W C ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWPORT CORPORATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Atlantic salmon; MHC; microsatellites; natural selection; Salmo salar; temporal variation

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATION GENETICS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NATURAL SELECTION; SALMONID; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; SALMON;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, MHC CLASS I; GENES, MHC CLASS II; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; SALMON; SELECTION, GENETIC;

CONNACHT; COUNTY MAYO; IRELAND;

SALMO SALAR;

EID: 79960699582     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2010.177     Document Type: Article

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