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MHC studies in nonmodel vertebrates: what have we learned about natural selection in 15 years?

Journal of evolutionary biology - 1 May 2003

Bernatchez L, Landry C

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Elucidating how natural selection promotes local adaptation in interaction with migration, genetic drift and mutation is a central aim of evolutionary biology. While several conceptual and practical limitations are still restraining our ability to study these processes at the DNA level, genes of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) offer several assets that make them unique candidates for this purpose. Yet,...

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PMID: 14635837
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2003.00531.x

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