Extensive variation at MHC DRB in the New Zealand sea lion (Phocarctos hookeri) provides evidence for balancing selection

Heredity

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 44-56

  Osborne, A J ^a,b   Zavodna, M ^a   Chilvers, B L ^c   Robertson, B C ^a   Negro, S S ^d   Kennedy, M A ^b   Gemmell, N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Balancing selection; Epizootic; MHC; New Zealand sea lion; NGS; Phocarctos hookeri

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; DIMORPHISM; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOLOGY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MASS MORTALITY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MORTALITY; PHYLOGENETICS; PINNIPED; POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION SIZE;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEW ZEALAND; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEAL;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENES, MHC CLASS II; GENETIC VARIATION; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEW ZEALAND; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEA LIONS; SELECTION, GENETIC;

NEW ZEALAND;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA; PHOCARCTOS HOOKERI; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 84879411018     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2013.18     Document Type: Article

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