Selection from parasites favours immunogenetic diversity but not divergence among locally adapted host populations

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 960-974

  Tobler, M ^a   Plath, M ^b   Riesch, R ^c   Schlupp, I ^d   Grasse, A ^e,f   Munimanda, G K ^e   Setzer, C ^e,g   Penn, D J ^e   Moodley, Y ^e  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^f INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AUSTRIA   (Austria)

^g NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Ecological speciation; Major histocompatibility complex; Parasite communities; Poecilia mexicana (Poeciliidae); Reproductive isolation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CYPRINID; DIVERGENCE; GENE; GENETIC MARKER; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SELECTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TOXICITY;

POECILIA; POECILIA MEXICANA; POECILIIDAE;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; CLASSIFICATION; ECTOPARASITOSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOGENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; PARASITE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POECILIA; VETERINARY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOGENETIC PHENOMENA; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PARASITES; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PHYLOGENY; POECILIA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84899638125     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12370     Document Type: Article

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