Evidence for balancing selection at the major histocompatibility complex in a free-living ruminant.

doi:10.1093/jhered/89.4.289

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Evidence for balancing selection at the major histocompatibility complex in a free-living ruminant.

The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000

Paterson S

Abstract excerpt

Evidence for selective maintenance of genetic diversity at the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) was investigated in an unmanaged population of Soay sheep on the island of Hirta, St. Kilda, Scotland. Animals were sampled as newborn lambs and between 887 and 1209 individuals were typed at eac...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
Base Sequence
DNA, Complementary
Exons
Genes, MHC Class II
Genetic Variation
Linkage Disequilibrium
Microsatellite Repeats
Molecular Sequence Data
Ruminants
Selection, Genetic
Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
Sheep

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