Selection and trans-species polymorphism of major histocompatibility complex class II genes in the order crocodylia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Jaratlerdsiri, Weerachai ^a   Isberg, Sally R ^a,b   Higgins, Damien P ^a   Miles, Lee G ^a   Gongora, Jaime ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Centre for Crocodile Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATORIDAE; ARTICLE; CAIMAN; CLADISTICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROCODILIAN; CROCODILIDAE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EXON; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IMMUNOGENETICS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX CLASS II ALPHA GENE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX CLASS II BETA GENE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TRANS SPECIES POLYMORPHISM; ANIMAL; BAYES THEOREM; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; EXONS; GENES, MHC CLASS II; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SELECTION, GENETIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84895082444     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087534     Document Type: Article

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