Comparison of 454 pyrosequencing methods for characterizing the major histocompatibility complex of nonmodel species and the advantages of ultra deep coverage

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 103-116

  Oomen, Rebekah A ^a   Gillett, Roxanne M ^b   Kyle, Christopher J ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

454 sequencing; Gulo gulo; Major histocompatibility complex; Multilocus genes; Pyrosequencing; Wolverine

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUSTELIDAE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; PSEUDOGENE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BAYES THEOREM; CANADA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA PRIMERS; GENETICS, POPULATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSTELIDAE; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDOGENES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

GULO GULO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84870866937     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: 17550998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.12027     Document Type: Article

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