Evolution of MHC class i genes in the endangered loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) revealed by 454 amplicon sequencing

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Stiebens, Victor A ^a   Merino, Sonia E ^b   Chain, Frédéric J J ^c   Eizaguirre, Christophe ^a,c  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b National Institute for Development and Fishery (INDP)   (Cape Verde)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intermediate diversity; Loggerhead sea turtle; Major histocompatibility complex; Reptiles; Trans species polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HISTOLOGY; POLYMORPHISM; SEAWATER; TURTLE;

REPTILIAN PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, MHC CLASS I; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; REPTILIAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TURTLES;

EID: 84877809260     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-13-95     Document Type: Article

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