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Contemporary evolution of the innate immune receptor gene TLR3 in an isolated vertebrate population.
Molecular ecology - 1 Jun 2021
Davies Charli S, Taylor Martin I, Hammers Martijn, Burke Terry, Komdeur Jan, Dugdale Hannah L, Richardson David S
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Understanding where genetic variation exists, and how it influences fitness within populations is important from an evolutionary and conservation perspective. Signatures of past selection suggest that pathogen-mediated balancing selection is a key driver of immunogenetic variation, but studies tracking contemporary evolution are needed to help resolve the evolutionary forces and mechanism at play. Previous work...
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