Immune genes undergo more adaptive evolution than non-immune system genes in Daphnia pulex

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  McTaggart, Seanna J ^a   Obbard, Darren J ^a   Conlon, Claire ^a   Little, Tom J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive evolution; Host parasite coevolution; Immune system genes; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COEVOLUTION; CRUSTACEAN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; POPULATION GENETICS; SELECTION;

CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIA PULEX;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DAPHNIA; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; IMMUNOGENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DAPHNIA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; IMMUNOGENETIC PROCESSES; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84860796900     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-12-63     Document Type: Article

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