Next-generation genotyping of hypervariable loci in many individuals of a non-model species: Technical and theoretical implications

BMC Genomics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Grogan, Kathleen E ^a,d   McGinnis, Gwendolyn J ^a   Sauther, Michelle L ^b   Cuozzo, Frank P ^c   Drea, Christine M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

454 Titanium; Bez Mahafaly; Ion Torrent PGM; Lemur catta; Madagascar; Major Histocompatibility Complex; Ring tailed Lemur

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLELE; AMPLICON; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DOA GENE; DOB GENE; DPA GENE; DQA GENE; DRA GENE; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEMUR CATTA; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MHC GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEXT GENERATION GENOTYPING; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; NONHUMAN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; LEMURIDAE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PROCEDURES;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; LEMUR; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84960122698     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12864-016-2503-y     Document Type: Article

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