MHC class i of saltwater crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus): Polymorphism and balancing selection

Immunogenetics

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 825-838

  Jaratlerdsiri, Weerachai ^a   Isberg, Sally R ^a,b   Higgins, Damien P ^a   Gongora, Jaime ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Porosus Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Balancing selection; Genetic diversity; MHC class I; Saltwater crocodile

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BALANCING SELECTION; CROCODILE; GENE FLOW; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOME; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENETICS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SALTWATER CROCODILE; SPECIES COMPARISON;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, MHC CLASS I; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ANIMALIA; CROCODYLUS POROSUS;

EID: 84867856648     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: 14321211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00251-012-0637-x     Document Type: Article

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