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Balancing selection on MHC class I in wild brown trout Salmo trutta.
Journal of fish biology - 1 Sept 2012
O'Farrell B, Dennis C, Benzie J A, McGinnity P, Carlsson J, de Eyto E, Coughlan J P, Igoe F, Meehan R, Cross T F
Abstract excerpt
Evidence is reported for balancing selection acting on variation at major histocompatibility complex (MHC) in wild populations of brown trout Salmo trutta. First, variation at an MHC class I (satr-uba)-linked microsatellite locus (mhc1) is retained in small S. trutta populations isolated above waterfalls although variation is lost at neutral microsatellite markers. Second, populations across several catchments...
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