Multiple parasites mediate balancing selection at two MHC class II genes in the fossorial water vole: Insights from multivariate analyses and population genetics

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1307-1320

  Tollenaere, C ^a   Bryja, J ^b   Galan, M ^a   Cadet, P ^a   Deter, J ^a   Chaval, Y ^a   Berthier, K ^a   Ribas Salvador, A ^c   Voutilainen, L ^d   Laakkonen, J ^d,e   Henttonen, H ^e   Cosson, J F ^a   Charbonnel, N ^a,f  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f CENTRE DE BIOLOGIE ET DE GESTION DES POPULATIONS   (France)

Author keywords

Co inertia; DQA and DRB MHC genes; Immunogenetics; Multivariate analysis; Parasite mediated balancing selection

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ADAPTATION; ALLELE; ANTIBODY; DATA SET; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MARKER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEMATODE; POPULATION GENETICS; RODENT; SELECTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARVICOLINAE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; TRICHURIS;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, MHC CLASS II; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SELECTION (GENETICS); TRICHURIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; JURA MOUNTAINS;

ARVICOLA; COCCIDIA; MICROTUS RICHARDSONI; MURIDAE; TRICHURIS; TRICHURIS ARVICOLAE; VERMES;

EID: 49549105509     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2008.01563.x     Document Type: Article

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