Intermediate number of major histocompatibility complex class IIB length variants relates to enlarged perivisceral fat deposits in the blunt-head cichlid Tropheus moorii

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2177-2190

  Hablutzel P I ^a   Vanhove, M P M ^a,b,c,d   Gregoir A F ^a   Hellemans, B ^a   Volckaert, F A M ^a   Raeymaekers, J A M ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^d INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Tropheus moorii; Cichlids; Diversity; Evolution; Fish; Major histocompatibility complex; Parasites; Perivisceral fat

Indexed keywords

CICHLIDAE; TROPHEUS MOORII;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; CICHLID; FEMALE; GENE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CICHLIDS; FEMALE; GENES, MHC CLASS II; GENOTYPE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARASITE LOAD;

EID: 84911988062     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12467     Document Type: Article

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