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Polymorphism in multilocus host parasite coevolutionary interactions.
Genetics - 1 Nov 2007
Tellier Aurélien, Brown James K M
Abstract excerpt
Numerous loci in host organisms are involved in parasite recognition, such as major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes in vertebrates or genes involved in gene-for-gene (GFG) relationships in plants. Diversity is commonly observed at such loci and at corresponding loci encoding antigenic molecules in parasites. Multilocus theoretical models of host-parasite coevolution predict that polymorphism is more likely...
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