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Assessing micro-macroparasite selective pressures and anthropogenic disturbance as drivers of immune gene diversity in a Neotropical wild cat.
The Science of the total environment - 1 Nov 2023
Napolitano Constanza, Sacristán Irene, Acuña Francisca, Aguilar Emilio, García Sebastián, López-Jara María José, Cabello Javier, Hidalgo-Hermoso Ezequiel, Poulin Elie, Grueber Catherine E
Abstract excerpt
Anthropogenic environmental change is reducing available habitat for wild species, providing novel selection pressures such as infectious diseases and causing species to interact in new ways. The potential for emerging infectious diseases and zoonoses at the interface between humans, domestic animals, and wild species is a key global concern. In vertebrates, diversity at the major histocompatibility complex MHC...
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