Low major histocompatibility complex class i (MHC I) variation in the European bison (Bison bonasus)

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 349-359

  Babik, Wiesław ^a   Kawałko, Agata ^b   Wójcik, Jan M ^b   Radwan, Jacek ^c  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b MAMMAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^c INSTITUTE OF NATURE CONSERVATION   (Poland)

Author keywords

454 sequencing; bottleneck; conservation; European bison; MHC class I; polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BARE LYMPHOCYTE SYNDROME; BOTTLENECK POPULATION; BUFFALO; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INSERTION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BISON; EUROPE; EXONS; GENES, MHC CLASS I; GENETIC VARIATION; HAPLOTYPES; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BISON BISON; BISON BONASUS; BOS;

EID: 84860466281     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: 14657333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/ess005     Document Type: Article

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