Evolution by gene duplication, recombination and selection in MHC class I genes of Odorrana margaretae

• Main Authors: Chen, Hu, Tan, Xiaorong, Han, Fuyao, Yao, Yongfang, Xu, Huailiang, Zhang, Mingwang
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12386/1/05%20Hu%20Chen.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12386/; http://www.ukm.my/jsm/english_journals/vol47num9_2018/contentsVol47num9_2018.html

Amphibians have undergone catastrophic declines worldwide and the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is an attractive candidate for investigating the link between adaptive variation and individual fitness. Nonetheless, little research has been conducted to study the amphibians MHC genes. Thus, M...