Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) Class II sequence polymorphism in long-finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas) from the North Atlantic

• Published in: Marine Biology Research
• Main Authors: Monteiro, Silvia S., Vingada, Jose V., Lopez, Alfredo, Pierce, Graham J., Ferreira, Marisa, Brownlow, Andrew, Mikkelsen, Bjarni, Niemeyer, Misty, Deaville, Robert J., Eira, Catarina, Piertney, Stuart
• Other Authors: University of Aberdeen.Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen.Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland (MASTS), University of Aberdeen.Environment and Food Security
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: adaptive markers; evolution; cetacea; QH301 Biology; QH301; Iceland; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2164/8822; https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2016.1174266

Funding Silvia S. Monteiro and Marisa Ferreira were supported by a Ph.D. grant from Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (ref SFRH/BD/38735/2007 and SFRH/BD/30240/2006, respectively). Alfredo López was supported by a postdoctoral grant from Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (ref SFRH/BPD/82407/2011). Catarina Eira is supported by CESAM (UID/AMB/50017), from FCT/MEC through national funds and FEDER (PT2020, Compete 2020). The work related with strandings and tissue collection in Portugal was partially supported by the SafeSea Project EEAGrants PT 0039 (supported by Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway through the EEA Financial Mechanism), by the Project MarPro–Life09 NAT/PT/000038 (funded by the European Union–Program Life+) and by the project CetSenti FCT RECI/AAG-GLO/0470/2012; FCOMP-01-0124-FEDER-027472 (Funded by the Program COMPETE and Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia). Peer reviewed