Contrasting patterns of selection acting on MHC class I and class II DRB genes in the Alpine marmot (Marmota marmota)

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1686-1693

  Kuduk, K ^a   Johanet, A ^b   Allaine D ^b   Cohas, A ^b   Radwan, J ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Bottleneck; Duplication; Parasites; Polymorphism; Positive selection; Rodents; Sciuridae

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; PROTEIN; RODENT; SELECTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MARMOTA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, MHC CLASS I; GENETIC VARIATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HLA-DR BETA-CHAINS; MARMOTA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALPS; FRANCE;

MARMOTA; MARMOTA MARMOTA; MARMOTA MARMOTA MARMOTA; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84864007312     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2012.02537.x     Document Type: Article

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