Major histocompatibility complex heterozygote advantage and widespread bacterial infections in populations of Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 4716-4729

  Evans, Melissa L ^a   Neff, Bryan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Chinook salmon; Co evolution; Heterozygosity; Local adaptation; Major histocompatibility complex; Spatial variation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; RNA 16S;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM; CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; SALMON;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SALMON; SELECTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 70350749584     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04374.x     Document Type: Article

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