Extensive polymorphism and evidence of selection pressure on major histocompatibility complex DLA-DRB1, DQA1 and DQB1 class II genes in Croatian grey wolves

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 19-27

  Arbanasic H ^a   Huber, D ^b   Kusak, J ^b   Gomercic T ^b   Hrenovic J ^a   Galov, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Balancing selection; Canis lupus; Dog leucocyte antigen; Grey wolf; Major histocompatibility complex

Indexed keywords

HLA DQA1 ANTIGEN; HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; HLA DRB1 ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CODON; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EXON; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOLF;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CROATIA; GENETIC VARIATION; HAPLOTYPES; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HLA-DQ ALPHA-CHAINS; HLA-DQ BETA-CHAINS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; WOLVES;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84870676863     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: 13990039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tan.12029     Document Type: Article

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