Parasites and parallel divergence of the number of individual MHC alleles between sympatric three-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus morphs in Iceland

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1696-1714

  Natsopoulou, M E ^a   Palsson S ^a   Ólafsdóttir, G Á ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Major histocompatibility complex; Population divergence; Speciation

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CESTODE; CESTODIASIS; FISH DISEASE; GENE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; ICELAND; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SMEGMAMORPHA; TREMATODE; TREMATODIASIS;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CESTODA; CESTODE INFECTIONS; FISH DISEASES; GENES, MHC CLASS II; GENETIC VARIATION; ICELAND; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PARASITE LOAD; PREVALENCE; SMEGMAMORPHA; TREMATODA; TREMATODE INFECTIONS;

DIPLOSTOMUM BAERI; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; SCHISTOCEPHALUS SOLIDUS;

EID: 84867027809     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03430.x     Document Type: Article

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