Balancing selection and heterozygote advantage in major histocompatibility complex loci of the bottlenecked Finnish wolf population

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 875-889

  Niskanen, A K ^a   Kennedy, L J ^b   Ruokonen, M ^a   Kojola, I ^c   Lohi, H ^d   Isomursu, M ^e   Jansson, E ^a   Pyhajarvi T ^a   Aspi, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e NATL VET AND FOOD RES INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

balancing selection; bottleneck; Echinococcus canadensis; major histocompatibility complex; Trichinella spp.; wolf

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BALANCING SELECTION; BOTTLENECK; ECHINOCOCCUS CANADENSIS; FINLAND; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; HELMINTH; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GENETICS; TRICHINELLA SPP.; WOLF;

BALANCING SELECTION; BOTTLENECK; ECHINOCOCCUS CANADENSIS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; TRICHINELLA SPP.; WOLF;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; FINLAND; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HELMINTHS; HETEROZYGOTE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POPULATION DENSITY; SELECTION, GENETIC; WOLVES;

EID: 84893406481     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12647     Document Type: Article

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