Lack of genetic diversity across diverse immune genes in an endangered mammal, the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 15, 2015, Pages 3860-3872

  Morris, Katrina M ^a   Wright, Belinda ^a   Grueber, Catherine E ^a,b   Hogg, Carolyn ^c   Belov, Katherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Zoo and Aquarium Association Australasia   (Australia)

Author keywords

diversity; immune; immunogenetics; Sarcophilus harrisii; Tasmanian devil

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; SARCOPHILUS HARRISII;

CHEMOKINE; CYTOKINE; NATURAL KILLER CELL RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOMICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MARSUPIAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; CHEMOKINES; CYTOKINES; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOMICS; MARSUPIALIA; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, NATURAL KILLER CELL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84937731626     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.13291     Document Type: Article

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