Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) markers in conservation biology

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 5168-5186

  Ujvari, Beata ^a   Belov, Katherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Captive breeding; Conservation biology; Devil Facial Tumor Disease (DFTD); Genetic rescue; Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC); Next generation sequencing; Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii)

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BREEDING METHOD; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY GENE; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; INBREEDING; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION; ANIMAL; BREEDING; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; NEOPLASM;

GNATHOSTOMATA (VERTEBRATE); SARCOPHILUS HARRISII; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BREEDING; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NEOPLASMS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 80052185781     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms12085168     Document Type: Review

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