Full length MHC IIβ exon 2 primers for salmonids: A new resource for next generation sequencing

Conservation Genetics Resources

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 665-667

  Pavey, Scott A ^a   Lamaze, Fabien C ^a   Garant, Dany ^b   Bernatchez, Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

454; Amplicon sequencing; Coregonus; Exon 2; Fusion primer; Major histocompatibility complex; MHC; MHC 2; MHC 2 beta; MHC IIb; MIDs; Next generation sequencing; Oncorhynchus; PBR; PCR; Peptide binding region; Pyrosequencing; Salmo; Salmonidae; Salmonids; Salvelinus; Thymallus

Indexed keywords

COREGONUS; ONCORHYNCHUS; SALMO; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS; THYMALLUS;

EID: 84859876993     PISSN: 18777252     EISSN: 18777260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12686-011-9428-1     Document Type: Article

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