Evidence for directional selection at a novel major histocompatibility class I marker in wild common frogs (Rana temporaria) exposed to a viral pathogen (Ranavirus)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Teacher, Amber G F ^a,b   Garner, Trenton W J ^b   Nichols, Richard A ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1;

AMBYSTOMA; ANTIBODY COMBINING SITE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FROG; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; IRIDOVIRUS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SPECIES COMPARISON; TOAD; VIRUS INFECTION; XENOPUS;

AMPHIBIA; MYA; RANA TEMPORARIA; RANAVIRUS;

EID: 84865350067     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004616     Document Type: Article

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