Major histocompatibility complex class II sequence variation in cetaceans: DQβ and DRβ variation in beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) and DQβ variation in North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis)

• Main Author: Murray, William Brent
• Other Authors: White, B.N., Biology
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: Biology; Arctic; Bering Sea; Baffin Bay; Hudson; Hudson Strait; Cunningham Inlet; Baffin; Balaena mysticetus; Beluga; Beluga*; Delphinapterus leucas; Eubalaena glacialis; Monodon monoceros; narwhal*; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11375/8191

Allelic variation at the Major Histocompatibility Complex (Mhc) class II loci DQβ and DRβ was assessed in a large sample (~300) of beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) and a sample (~12) of narwhal (Monodon monoceros) in order to study the evolutionary significance of the Mhc in cetaceans and to compare l...