Non-neutral evolution and reciprocal monophyly of two expressed Mhc class II B genes in Leach’s storm-petrel

Immunogenetics

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 111-123

  Dearborn, Donald C ^a   Gager, Andrea B ^a   Gilmour, Morgan E ^b   McArthur, Andrew G ^c   Hinerfeld, Douglas A ^d   Mauck, Robert A ^e  

^a BATES COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

^e KENYON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene conversion; Gene duplication; Major histocompatibility complex; Peptide binding site; Positive selection; Seabirds

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2B; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AVIAN PROTEIN; DNA; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; EXON; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE CONVERSION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MONOPHYLY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSLATION; SEABIRD; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STOP CODON; ANIMAL; BIRD; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AVES; HYDROBATINAE; OCEANODROMA LEUCORHOA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AVIAN PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIRDS; DNA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXONS; FEMALE; GENE CONVERSION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENES, MHC CLASS II; GENETIC VARIATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 84926469576     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: 14321211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00251-014-0813-2     Document Type: Article

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