Rapid and adaptive evolution of MHC genes under parasite selection in experimental vertebrate populations

Nature Communications

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Eizaguirre, Christophe ^a,b   Lenz, Tobias L ^b,c   Kalbe, Martin ^b   Milinski, Manfred ^b  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; FISH; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; STICKLEBACK; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CROSS BREEDING; ECOLOGY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PARASITOSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE;

VERTEBRATA;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CROSSES, GENETIC; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; FISHES; HAPLOTYPES; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; PARASITES; PARASITIC DISEASES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 84856700596     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1632     Document Type: Article

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