MHC variability supports dog domestication from a large number of wolves: High diversity in Asia

Heredity

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 80-85

  Niskanen, A K ^a   Hagstrom E ^b,c   Lohi, H ^d   Ruokonen, M ^a   Esparza Salas, R ^a   Aspi, J ^a   Savolainen, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Asia; DLA DRB1; dog; domestication; founding population; MHC

Indexed keywords

HLA DRB1 ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; CANID; DATA SET; DOMESTICATION; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; GENETIC VARIATION; MUTATION; PROBABILITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASIA; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EUROPE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GENETICS; WOLF;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ASIA; DOGS; EUROPE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HLA-DRB1 CHAINS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POPULATION DENSITY; WOLVES;

ASIA;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 84871089764     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2012.67     Document Type: Article

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