Major Histocompatibility Complex class IIb polymorphism influences gut microbiota composition and diversity

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 4831-4845

  Bolnick, Daniel I ^a   Snowberg, Lisa K ^b   Caporaso, J Gregory ^c   Lauber, Chris ^d   Knight, Rob ^d   Stutz, William E ^b,d  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Gasterosteus aculeatus; genetic diversity; Major Histocompatibility Complex; microbiota; mucosal immunity; threespine stickleback

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CANADA; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; INTESTINE; LAKE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; SMEGMAMORPHA; THREESPINE STICKLEBACK;

GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; GENETIC DIVERSITY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MICROBIOTA; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; THREESPINE STICKLEBACK;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BRITISH COLUMBIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, MHC CLASS II; INTESTINES; LAKES; MICROBIOTA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SMEGMAMORPHA;

EID: 84908478170     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12846     Document Type: Article

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