Positive selection on the MHC class II DLA-DQA1 gene in golden jackals (Canis aureus) from their recent expansion range in Europe and its effect on their body mass index

Milomir Stefanović, Duško Ćirović, Neda Bogdanović, Felix Knauer, Miklós Heltai, László Szabó, József Lanszki, Chavdar Dinev Zhelev, Helmut Schaschl (Corresponding author), Franz Suchentrunk

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Original languageEnglish
Article number122
Number of pages13
JournalBMC Ecology and Evolution
Volume21
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 16 Jun 2021

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

  • 106013 Genetics
  • 106012 Evolutionary research

Keywords

  • Animals
  • Balkan Peninsula
  • Body Mass Index
  • Bulgaria
  • Genes, MHC Class II
  • Hungary
  • Jackals/genetics
  • Selection, Genetic
  • Serbia
  • POPULATION
  • DIET COMPOSITION
  • Selection
  • MHC
  • MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX
  • POLYMORPHISM
  • MITOCHONDRIAL-DNA
  • VARIABILITY
  • Golden jackals
  • DLA
  • DIVERSITY
  • BALANCING SELECTION
  • DOG
  • INCREASES PARASITE RESISTANCE
  • Adaptation

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