Divergent allele advantage at MHC-DRB through direct and maternal genotypic effects and its consequences for allele pool composition and mating

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1762, 2013, Pages

  Lenz, Tobias L ^a,b   Mueller, Birte ^c   Trillmich, Fritz ^c   Wolf, Jochen B W ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gal pagos sea lion; Major histocompatibility complex; Overdominance; Reproductive success; Sequence divergence; Survival

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; DIVERGENCE; FITNESS; GENOME; GENOTYPE; MATING BEHAVIOR; MONITORING; PINNIPED; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; WILD POPULATION;

ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS;

ANIMAL; BODY COMPOSITION; ECUADOR; EXON; FEMALE; GENE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LONGEVITY; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SEAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; ECUADOR; EXONS; FEMALE; GENES, MHC CLASS II; GENETIC FITNESS; GENOTYPE; LONGEVITY; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REPRODUCTION; SEA LIONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 84891543538     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.0714     Document Type: Article

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