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Signals of heterogeneous selection at an MHC locus in geographically proximate ecotypes of sockeye salmon.
Molecular ecology - 1 Nov 2014
Larson Wesley A, Seeb James E, Dann Tyler H, Schindler Daniel E, Seeb Lisa W
Abstract excerpt
The genes of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) are an important component of the vertebrate immune system and can provide insights into the role of pathogen-mediated selection in wild populations. Here, we examined variation at the MHC class II peptide-binding region in 27 populations of sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka), distributed among three distinct spawning ecotypes, from a complex of...
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