Evidence for multiple MHC class II β loci in New Zealand's critically endangered kakapo, Strigops habroptilus

Immunogenetics

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 115-121

  Knafler, Gabrielle J ^a   Fidler, Andrew ^b   Jamieson, Ian G ^a   Robertson, Bruce C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b CAWTHRON INSTITUTE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Diversity; Kakapo; Major histocompatibility complex; Strigops habroptilus

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BUDGERIGAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXON; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STOP CODON; STRIGOPS HABROPTILUS; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARROT; PHYLOGENY;

AVES; STRIGOPS HABROPTILUS;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXONS; GENETIC LOCI; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEW ZEALAND; PARROTS; PHYLOGENY; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84897018995     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: 14321211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00251-013-0750-5     Document Type: Article

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