Selection at the MHC class IIB locus across guppy (Poecilia reticulata) populations
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Temporal variation at the MHC class IIb in wild populations of the guppy (Poecilia reticulata).
Understanding genetic diversity in natural populations is a fundamental objective of evolutionary biology. The immune genes of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) are excellent candidates to study such diversity because they are highly polymorphic in populations. Although balancing selection may be responsible for maintaining diversity at these functionally important loci, temporal varia...
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عنوان ژورنال: Heredity
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0018-067X,1365-2540
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2009.99