Interspecific hybridization increases MHC class II diversity in two sister species of newts

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 887-906

  Nadachowska Brzyska, Krystyna ^a,c   Zieliński, Piotr ^a   Radwan, Jacek ^a   Babik, Wiesśaw ^b  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION OF ANIMALS   (Poland)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

454 genotyping; introgression; Lissotriton montandoni; Lissotriton vulgaris; MHC variation; positive selection

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; EUROPE; GENE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; SALAMANDRIDAE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; EUROPE; GENES, MHC CLASS II; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SALAMANDRIDAE; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

SALAMANDRIDAE;

EID: 84856289492     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05347.x     Document Type: Article

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