Current perspectives on the intensity of natural selection of MHC loci

Immunogenetics

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 479-483

  Yasukochi, Yoshiki ^a   Satta, Yoko ^a  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allelic genealogy; Balancing selection; HLA; MHC; Selection intensity; Symmetric overdominant selection

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA C ANTIGEN; HLA DPB1 ANTIGEN; HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; HLA DRB1 ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENEALOGY; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NATURAL SELECTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ALLELES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84878018059     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: 14321211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00251-013-0693-x     Document Type: Review

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