TY - JOUR T1 - Primers for the amplification of the MHC II beta chain exon 2 in the Atlantic goliath grouper (Epinephelus itajara) A1 - Silva-Oliveira,Glaucia C. A1 - Silva,Anete B. C. A1 - Blanchard,Fabian A1 - Nunes,Zelia A1 - Torres,Rodrigo A. A1 - Sampaio,Iracilda A1 - Vallinoto,Marcelo AD - Fed Univ Para, BR-68600000 Braganca, Para, Brazil. AD - IFREMER, Issy Les Moulineaux, France. AD - Univ Fed Pernambuco, Dept Zool, Ctr Ciencias Biol, Lab Genom Evolut & Ambiental, Recife, PE, Brazil. AD - Univ Porto, Ctr Invest Biodiversidade & Recursos Genet, CIBIO UP, P-4485661 Vairao, Portugal. UR - https://doi.org/10.1007/s12686-014-0167-y DO - 10.1007/s12686-014-0167-y KW - Epinephelus itajara KW - Genetic diversity KW - MhcEit-DAB N2 - In the present study we designed a pair of primers to amplify the exon 2 of the MHC II beta chain of the Atlantic goliath grouper, which is responsible for the recognition of pathogenic molecules and the regulation of the immune system. Future analyses of this region may provide an important database to understand the evolutionary processes affecting the populations of the goliath grouper, and to predict the conservation perspectives in the species. Y1 - 2014/04/10 PB - Springer JF - Conservation Genetics Resources SN - 1877-7252 VL - 6 IS - 3 SP - 523 EP - 525 ID - 32161 ER -