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Signals of major histocompatibility complex overdominance in a wild salmonid population.

Proceedings. Biological sciences - 7 Sept 2009

Kekäläinen Jukka, Vallunen J Albert, Primmer Craig R, Rättyä Jouni, Taskinen Jouni

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The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) contains the most variable genes in vertebrates, but despite extensive research, the mechanisms maintaining this polymorphism are still unresolved. One hypothesis is that MHC polymorphism is a result of balancing selection operating by overdominance, but convincing evidence for overdominant selection in natural populations has been lacking. We present strong evidence...

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PMID: 19515657
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.0727
PMCID: PMC2817134

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