Parasites and individual major histocompatibility complex diversity - an optimal choice?

K. Mathias Wegner, Martin Kalbe, H Schaschl, Thorsten BH Reusch

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1110-1116
Number of pages7
JournalMicrobes and Infection: a journal on infectious agents and host defenses
Volume6
Issue number12
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2004

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

  • 106013 Genetics
  • 106012 Evolutionary research

Keywords

  • major histocompatibility complex (MHC)
  • parasites
  • host-parasite coevolution
  • balancing selection
  • heterozygote advantage
  • mate choice
  • MINIMAL-ESSENTIAL-MHC
  • SALMON SALMO-SALAR
  • HETEROZYGOTE ADVANTAGE
  • MATING PREFERENCES
  • BARBUS-INTERMEDIUS
  • IMMUNE-SYSTEM
  • NO EVIDENCE
  • SELECTION
  • RESISTANCE
  • GENES

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