African buffalo maintain high genetic diversity in the major histocompatibility complex in spite of historically known population bottlenecks.

doi:10.1046/j.1365-294x.1998.00463.x

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African buffalo maintain high genetic diversity in the major histocompatibility complex in spite of historically known population bottlenecks.

Molecular ecology - 1 Oct 1998

Wenink P W, Groen A F, Roelke-Parker M E, Prins H H

Abstract excerpt

Historical population collapses caused by rinderpest epidemics are hypothesized to have resulted in notable genetic losses in populations of the African buffalo. Polymorphism in the major histocompatibity complex (MHC) DRB3 gene was probed by means of restriction analysis of the sequence encoding...

Topics

Africa
Alleles
Amino Acid Sequence
Animals
Buffaloes
Cattle
Ecosystem
Female
Genetic Variation
Genetics, Population
History, 19th Century
Major Histocompatibility Complex

Methodology Data sources Editorial policy Privacy About Contact Helena Bioinformatics

Male

Molecular Sequence Data

Polymerase Chain Reaction

Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length

Rinderpest

Sequence Homology, Amino Acid

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PMID: 9787443
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294x.1998.00463.x

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