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Associations between MHC class II variation and phenotypic traits in a free-living sheep population.

Molecular ecology - 1 Feb 2022

Huang Wei, Dicks Kara L, Ballingall Keith T, Johnston Susan E, Sparks Alexandra M, Watt Kathryn, Pilkington Jill G, Pemberton Josephine M

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Pathogen-mediated selection (PMS) is thought to maintain the high level of allelic diversity observed in the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II genes. A comprehensive way to demonstrate contemporary selection is to examine associations between MHC variation and individual fitness. As individual fitness is hard to measure, many studies examine associations between MHC variation and phenotypic traits,...

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PMID: 34748666
DOI: 10.1111/mec.16265

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